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YOU CAN BY " TROLLY OAR " REACH NEWPORT, FALL 
RIVER, NEW BEDFORD, PROVIDENCE, NANTASKET 
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in large or small parties^ but who 
do not know^ 

Where to Go, 
How to Get There, 
How Much it Costs, 
How Long it Takes 

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should communicate w^ith 

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n3 Devonshire St. 
Telephone, Boston 3965. 



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Eastern Massachusetts and 

Rhode Island 



Copyright i8gg 

By Robert H. Derrah 

113 Devonshire Street, Boston ^ Mass. 



FOURTH EDITION 



Boston: 

STfjt ILufktn ^ress, X45 ?^igfj Street 

1809 



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38355 



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STREET RAILWAY ASSOCIATION. 



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Introduction. 



WITH thanks for the generous patronage of the 
past, the pubhsher of Derrah's Street Rail- 
way Guide for Eastern Massachusetts 
presents the fourth edition with a hope that it will meet 
with continued favor. The vast extent of the electric 
railway system of Eastern Massachusetts has rendered 
such a guide necessary to those who travel on the 
trolley cars for business or pleasure. Each year the 
Guide has grown, and in the present volume, in re- 
sponse to a general demand, new features have been 
embodied such as time-tables of the different suburban 
railways, etc. The descriptive matter, which was of 
especial interest to those planning trolley trips, show- 
ing what might be seen from the cars of the different 
line^, has been carefully revised, and much that is 
new has been incorporated. It is believed also that 
the new pictures and the enlarged map, which shows 
the existing and projected railways, will be appre- 
ciated, while all the old features, which have made 
the Guide popular in the past, have been retained. 
The Guide now tells how to reach every point on 
the electric lines radiating from the city of Boston, 
the distance, rates of fare, running time, time-tables, 
names of street railways, Boston night car service, 
where to take cars for different points from Boston, 
how to recover articles left in the cars, etc. 



8 DERRAH'S STREET RAILWAY GUIDE. 

Not only on account of its completeness is this 
Guide believed to have a special value, but the pub- 
lication may be regarded as official and authentic, 
the proofs having been corrected and revised by the 
officials of the various street railways described. The 
success of former editions is largely due to this fact, 
and the publisher wishes to thank all the street rail- 
way officials and others who have done so much to 
make this work popular among the patrons of the 
trolley. 

In response to a general demand, the time-tables 
of the different suburban railway companies repre- 
sented in this Guide are published this year for the 
first time. It would obviously be impossible to pub- 
lish the running time of all cars on all the lines, even 
if it were desirable. The cars of the Boston Ele- 
vated Railway Company run so frequently on all 
lines that no attempt is made to give the schedules 
of that road, except for the night cars — a feature 
which has been found popular in past editions. 

On the suburban roads the running time of the 
first car, together with the number of cars per hour, 
or the general running schedule, is given. This will 
enable any one to approximate the connections 
which may be made at any given point. While the 
time-tables have been revised by the officials of the 
different railway companies themselves, and are 
therefore the official time-tables, some mistakes may 
occur, owing to necessary changes, etc., but it is be- 
lieved that they are substantially correct and may be 
relied upon, although the street railway companies or 
the author will not be held responsible for any 
changes, mistakes or delays that may occur. 



Index to Contents. 









PAGE 


Abington . . . . . • -54 


Abington from Brockton 






48-55 


Abington from Rockland via No. Al)ington 






54 


Amesbury .... 






45 


Andover from Lawrence 






45 


Annawon Rock from Taunton 






49 


Annisquim from Gloucester 






37 


Arlington from Maiden, via Winchester 






41 


Arlington from Reading, via Stoneham 






42 


Arlington from Wakefield, via Winchester 






41 


Arlington, R. I. from Providence, 






61 


Asbury Grove from Beverly 






37 


Ashland .... 








30 


Assinnippi .... 








55 


Asylurn Station from Beverly 








37 


Asylum Station from Salem 








37 


Atlantic 








48 


Attleboro 








58 


Attleboro from Providence 








61 


Auburn from Providence 








61 


Auburn from Worcester 








31 


Auburndale 








30 


Avon from Brockton 








48 


Avon from So. Braintree 








48 


Bay View from Gloucester . 








37 


Beach Bluff from Lynn 








36 


Beachmont from Chelsea 








36 


Beachmont from Maiden 








41 


Bemis 








30 


Berkeley 








49 


Beverly 








37 


Beverly Cove from Beverly . 








37 


Billerica Centre 








42 


Border City Village from Fall River 








49 


Boston to Chelsea . 








36 


Boston to Neponset 








58 


Boston Elevated St. Ry. Co., night cars 






29 


Boston Elevated St. Ry. Co., places reached by 




22-28 


Bowensville 


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49 



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DERRAHS STREET RAILWAY GUIDK. 



Boylston Centre . . . , 

Bradley's Fertilizer from North Weymouth 

Braggville from South Framingliam 

Braintree 

Braintree from Ilingham 

Bramanville from Worcester 

Bridgewater 

Brittania from Taunton 

Brockton 

Brockton from Mansfield 

Brockton Heights from Brocktmi 

Brookfield from Worcester 

Brookville . 

Camphello . 

Caryville from So. Framingham 

Central from Forest Hills 

Centredale from Providence 

Chartley 

Chelmsford Centre from Lowell 

Chelsea 

Chelsea from Boston 

Chelsea from Everett 

Chelsea from Maiden 

Chelsea from Melrose Highlands 

Cherry Valley from Worcester 

Clarendon Hills 

Clifton Heights 

Clifton dale from Lynn 

Cliftondale from Maiden 

Clinton 

Cochituate from Natick 

Collinsville from Lowell 

Conomo 

Cranston from Providence . 

Danvers from Salem 

Danvers Centre from Salem 

Danvers Centre from Beverly 

Danvers Square from Beverly 

Dedham 

Dighton 

Dodgeville . 

Dodgeville from Providence 

Dyerville from Providence . 

East Braintree from Braintree 

East Bridgewater 

East Bridgewater from Brockton 

East Brookfield from Worcester 

East Dedham 

East Dedham from Forest Hills 



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East Gloucester, or Kocky Neck, from Gloucester 

East Milton from f^uincy 

East Providence from Providence . 

East Saugus from Lynn 

East Saugus from Makicii . 

East Saugus from Melrose Iligiilniids 

East Providence Centre from l'r(nidence 

East Taunton from Taunton 

East Village from Worcester 

East Walpole 

East Weymouth 

East Weymouth from Ilingliain 

Edgewood /rom Providence 

Essex. .... 

Essex Falls .... 

Everett from Chelsea 

Everett from Poston 

Exeter, N. II., from Amesbury or .Salisbury 

P'airhaven from Fall River . 

F'airhaven from Bridgewater 

Fall River .... 

Farnumsville from Worcester 

P'ayville .... 

Felchville from Natick 

Fernwood Lake 

Forest Hills 

Fort Phrenix from Fall River 

Fort Point from No. Weymouth 

P'oxboro .... 

Fox Point from Providence . 

Fitchburg .... 

litchburg from Leominister, via No. Leominster and 

VVhaloMi Park 
Flint \'i]lage from Fall River 
Fraiiiingham 

Franklin Park from Lynn . 
Freetown from Bridgewater . 
Furnace Village from Mansfield 
Germantown 

Germantown from Forest Hills 
Georgetown from Haverhill 
Globe Village from Fall River 
Gloucester .... 
Grafton from Worcester 
Groveland from Haverhill . 

Hampton, N. H., from Amesbury or Salisbury 
Hampton Beach from Amesbury or Salisbury 
Hampton Falls from Amesbury or Salisbury 
Haverhill ..... 



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Hazelwood. 

ilebronville from Providence 

Highland from Forest Hills 

Highlandville from Watertown, Newton & Newtonville 

Hingham 

Holbrook 

Holliston from So. Framingliani 

Hopedale from So. Framinghani 

Hopkinton from So. Framinghani 

Hough's Neck from Quincy 

Howland Village from Fall River 

Hudson from Marlboro 

Hyde Park . 

Lake Quinsigamond 

Lakeview Park or Dracut 

Lakeville from Bridgewater 

Lakeville from Taunton 

Lakewood from ]'rovidence 

Lancaster . 

Lanesville from Gloucester . 

Larnedville from Worcester 

Lawrence . 

Lebanon Mills 

Leicester from Worcester 

Leominster . 

Leominster Park 

Long Beach from Gloucester 

Longham 

Lonsdale Station from Providence 

Lovell's Corner 

Lowell 

Lund's Corner from Bridgewater 

Lund's Corner from Fall River 

Lynn 

Lynn from Maiden . 

Lynn from Melrose Highlands 

Lynn from Revere . 

Lynn from Wakefield 

Lynnfield from Wakefield . 

Lynnhurst from Lynn 

Maiden 

Maiden from Chelsea 

Maiden from Lynn . 

Mansfield . 

Manton from Providence 

Marblehead from Lynn 

Marblehead from Salem 

Marlboro 

Mass. State Militia Grounds from So. Framinghani 



DERRAH'S STREET RAILWAY GUIDE. 



13 



Mattapan trom Quincy 

Mattapan from Hyde Park . 

Medfield from Dedhani 

Medford from Maiden 

Medford via Woburn from Reading 

Medford via Stoneham from Reading 

Medway .... 

Melrose from Chelsea 

Melrose Highlands 

Melrose Highlands from Chelsea 

Melrose Highlands from Lynn 

Merino from P'rovidence 

Meshanticut Park from Providence 

Methuen from Lawrence 

Merrimac 

Millbury from Worcester 

Middleborough from Tauntim 

Middleborough from Bridgewater . 

Middletown, R. L . 

Milford from So. Framingham 

Milton Lower Mills from Hyde Pari- 

Milton Lower Mills from (luincy 

Montello .... 

Mount Hope 

Mount Pleasant from Providence 

Mount Pleasant from Fall River 

Nahant Beach 

Nantasket from Hingham . 

Nashua, N. H. 

Natick .... 

Neponset from Bridgewater 

Newburyport from Haverhill, Merrimac, Amesbury 

isbury .... 

Newbury from Haverhill, Merrimac, Amesbury or 
New Bedford from Bridgewater 
New Bedford from Fall River 
Newport, R. L . 

Needham from Watertown, Newton and Newtonvi 
Needham from Forest Hills 
Needham from Wellesley 
Newton Highlands from Watertown, Newton and 

Newtonville 
Newton Lower Falls 
Newton Upper Falls 
Night cars of the Boston Elevated Street Railway Co 
North Abington from Rockland 
North Andover from Lawrence 
North Attleboro from Attleboro 
North Attleboro from Providence 



or Sal 
alisbury 



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48- 



48 

57 
58 

41 
42 
42 

31 
36 
41 
36 
36 
61 
61 
45 
45 
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49 
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48 

57 
61 

50 
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50 
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31 

30 
30 
30 
29 

54 
45 
58 
61 



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DERRAH'S STREET RAILWAY GUIDE. 



North Attleboro from Providence via Attleboro 

Northboro 

North Billerica 

North Brookfield from Worcester . 

North Chelmsford from Lowell 

North Dartmouth from Fall River 

North Dighton 

North Easton from Brockton 

North Easton from Mansfield 

North Foxboro 

North Hanover 

North Raynham from Brockton 

North Saugus from Lynn 

North Saugus from \\^akefiel(l 

North Westport from Fall River 

North Weymouth 

North Woburn from Maiden, via Medford 

North Village 

North Oxford from Worcester 

Norton .... 

Norton Furnace from Norton 

Norwood .... 

Notre Dame Cemetery from Fall River 

Oakdale from Forest Hills . 

Oak Grove Cemetery from I'nll River 

Oaklandale from Lynn 

Old Town from Providence 

Olneyville from Providence 

Orphan's Home from Fall River 

Oxford from Worcester 

Oxford Village from Fall River 

Pawtucket .... 

Pawtucket from Providence 

Pawtucketville from Lowell 

Pawtuxet from Providence 

Peabody from Beverly 

Peabody from Salem 

Peabody from Lynn 

Phillipsdale from Providence 

Pigeon Cove 

Plum Island from Haverhill, Merrimac, Amesbury 

bury 

Places reached by the cars of the Boston Elevated 
Plainville from Attleboro 
Plainville from Providence . 
Portsmouth, R. L . 
Pottersville .... 
Prattville from Brockton 
Prospect Hill from Taunton 



or Salis- 
Ry. Co! 



DERRAH'S STREET RAILWAY GUIDE. 



IS 



Prospect Hill Waltham from Watertown, Newton and New- 

tonville 
Providence 

Providence, R. I. from Taunton 
Putnamville from Beverly . 
Putnamville from Salem 
Quincy 
Quincy Point 
Randolph from Brockton 
Randolph from So. Braintree 
Raynham 
Reading 

Readville from Hyde Park . 
Revere 

Revere from Everett 
Revere from Maiden 
Revere from Boston 
Rehoboth from Taunton 
Riverdaie from Gloucester . 
Riverside from Providence . 
Riverside Cemetery 
Rockdale from Worcester . 
Rockland 
Rockport 

Rocky Hill from Providence 

Rocky Neck, or East Gloucester from Gloucester 
Roger Williams Park from Providence 
Roslindale . 

Riverpoint from Providence 
Sabbatia Park from Taunton 
Salem 

Salem from Wakefield 
Salem Willows from Salem 
Salisbury 
Salisbury Beach 
Saylesville from Providence 
Saugus Centre from Lynn . 
Saugus Centre from Maiden 
Saugus Centre from Melrose Highla 
Saundersville from Worcester 
Saxonville from Natick or South Framingham 
Scadding Pond from Taunton 
Scotland 

Sealirook, N. H. from Amesbury or Salisbury 
Seekonk from Taunton 
Shrewsbury 
Slades Ferry 

South Attleboro from Providence 
South Braintree 



30 
58-61 

49 

37 

37 

48-54-55 

54-55 
48 

48 

49 
42 
57 
36 
41 
41 
5'- 
49 
37 
61 

50 
32 
54-55 
37 
61 

37 
61 

5S 
61 

49 
36 
42 
37 
45 
45 
61 

36 
41 
41 
32 
31 
49 
49 
45 
49 
31 
49 
61 

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DERRAH'S STREET RAILWAY GUIDE. 



South Easton from Brockton 

South Framingham 

South Groveland from Haverhill 

South Hingham 

South Lancaster 

South Peabody from Lynn 

South Peabody from Salem 

South Peabody from Wakefield 

South Natick from Natick 

South Quincy from Quincy . 

South Walpole 

South Weymouth 

Spencer from Worcester 

Spring Street from Forest Hills 

Squantum from Neponset 

Stafford Road Station 

Stoneham from Lynn 

Stoneham from Chelsea 

Stoneham from Melrose Highlands 

Stoneham from Reading 

Stoneham from Wakefield . 

Stoughton from Brockton . 

Swampscott from Lynn 

Taunton 

Taunton from Norton 

Taunton from Brockton 

Tewksbury from Lowell ' 

Thornton from Providence . 

Tiverton, R. L 

Tyngsborough from Lowell 

Valley Falls from Providence 

\'alley Falls from W^orcester 

Wakefield . 

Wakefield from Lynn 

Waltham from Watertown, Newton 

Walpole 

Wanskuck from Providence 

Washington Park from Providence 

Warren from Worcester 

Ward Hill from Haverhill . 

Watuppa Pond or North Westport 

Watertown from Boston 

Webster from Worcester 

Weir Village from Taunton 

W^ellesley 

Wellesley Hills 

Wenham from Beverly 

Wenham Lake from Beverly 

Westboro from Northboro , 



& Newtonville 



DERRAH'S STREET RAILWAY GUIDE. 



West Brookfield from Worcester 

West Bridgewater . 

West Fitchburg from Fitchburg 

West Gloucester 

West Medway 

West Newton 

West Newbury from Haverhill 

West Quincy from Quincy . 

West Roxbury from Forest Hills 

West Warren from Worcester 

Westport Factory from Fall River . 

Westville from Taunton 

Westwood from Dedham 

Weymouth Landing from Braintree 

Whalom Park from Fitchburg 

Whitman .... 

Whitman from Brockton 

Whitman from Rockland via North Abington 

Whittenton from Taunton . 

Wilkinsonville from Worcester 

Wigginsville from Lowell 

Wilmington 

Winchester from Maiden 

Winchester from Reading, via Stoneham 

Winchester from Wakefield 

Woburn from Chelsea 

Woburn from Lynn 

Woburn from Maiden 

Woburn from Melrose Highlands . 

Woburn from Reading 

Wollaston .... 

Woodlawn Cemetery from Chelsea . 

Worcester .... 

Wrentham from Foxboro 

Wyoma Lake or Wyoma Village from Lynn 



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PAGE 
32 

49 
32 
37 
31 
30 
45 
48 

58 
32 
50 
49 
58 
48 
32 
55 
43 
54 
49 
32 
42 
42 

41 
42 

41 
37 
36 
41 
41 
42 
48 
36 
31-32 
58 
36 



Index to Descriptive Matter. 



PAGE. 




62 to 


74 


75 to 


82 


83 to 


85 


86 to 


89 


91 to 


98 


99 to 


103 


104 to 


107 



Around Boston and Suburbs by Trolley 

Through the Newtons to Norumbega Park 

Through the Newtons to Echo Bridge and Hemlock (Jorge 

Reservation ..... 

Through the Newtons to Prospect Hill, Waltham 
A South Country Trip, following schedule on page 58 
South Country Trip. Part H . 

A South Country Trip. Part HI . 

On the South Shore, following schedule on pages 54, 55, 57 128 to 139 
On the Famous North Shore, following schedule on pages 

35 and 36 . . . . . . 108 to 127 

Into the Old Colony, following schedules on pages 48, 49 

and 50 ..... . 141 to 162 

An Inland Journey, following schedules on pages 30, 31 

and 32 ..... . 163 to 180 

Up the Mystic Valley . . . . . 181 to 184 

Boston to Lowell, following schedules on pages 41 and 42 185 to 190 
Down the Merrimac Valley, following schedule on page 45 191 to 202 
Through the Lake Region .... 203 to 204 



18 



Index to Advertisers. 



AUsop, Samuel & Son 

American Loan & Trust Co. 

Anderson, Albert & J. M. Mfg. Co. 

Babcock & Wilcox 

Barber & Stockwell 

Boit, Robert A. 

Boston & Gloucester S. S. Co. 

Carpenter, Geo. O. & Son . 

Commonwealth Ave. St. Ry. Co 

Chickering, Elmer . 

Davenport, A. H. . 

Dodge, Haley & Co. 

General Electric Co. 

Harrington & Robinson 

Harris Shoe 

Hicks, C. A. 

International S. S. Co. 

Kendall, M. K. & Co. 

Lorain Steel Co. 

Mather, C. B. & Co. 

Mercantile Lonn & Trust Co. 

Nantasket Steamboat Co. 

New England Coke & Gas Co. 

Newton Land Improvement Co. 

Norumbega Park 

O'Rrion & Russell . 

Paige, John C. & Co. 

Pennsylvania Steel Co. 

Finder, Peck & Newton 

Plant, S. S. Co. 

Sabbatia Park 

Shattuck & Son, B. H. 

Somerset Club Maryland Ry 

Sprague, C. H. & Son 

Thorp & Martin Co. 

\Vestinghouse Electric Mfg. Co. 

Westwood Park 

Vacum Oil Co. 

Yarmouth, S. S. Co. 

19 



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PAGE 

180 

57 

4 

Back Cover 
207 

44 

Map 

Map 

Back Cover 

Map 

205 

55 

206 

no 

2 

60 
Map 
208 
208 
209 
140 

53 
184 

74 

Back Cover 
89 

35 
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Map 

Map 

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Map 

3 

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If a Parcel is Lost in the Cars of 


THE 


Inquiry Should 
BE Made at 



Arlington & Winchester St. Ry. 

Beverly & Danvers "^t. Ry. 

Boston Elevated St. Ry. 

Boston, Milton «& Brockton St. Ry. 

Braintree & Weymouth St. Ry. 

Bridgewater, Whitman & Rockl'd St. Ry. 

Brockton St. Ry. 

Brockton, Bridgewater & Taunt'n St. Ry. 

Brockton & East Bridgewater St. Ry. 

Commonwealth Ave. St. Ry. 

Dartmouth & Westport St. Ry. 

Dighton, Somerset & Swansea St. Ry. 

East Taunton St. Ry. 

Exeter, Hampton & Amesbury St. Ry. 

Fitchburg & Leominster St. Ry. 

Fitchburg & Suburban St. Ry. 

Framingham Union St. Ry. 

Fram'ham, Southboro & Marlboro St. Ry. 

Globe St. Ry. 

Gloucester St. Ry. 

Gloucester, Essex & Beverly St. Ry. 

Gloucester & Rockport St. Ry. 

Hanover St. Ry. 

H averhill, Georgetown & Danvers St. Ry. 

Haverhill & Amesbury St. Ry. 

Hingham St. Ry. 

Interstate St. Ry. 

Leominster & Clinton St. Ry. 

Lowell, Lawrence & Haverhill St. Ry. 

Lowell «& Suburban St. Ry. 

Lynn & Boston Ry. 



Mansfield & Easton St. Ry. 
Mansfield & Norton St. Ry. 
Marlboro St. Ry. 

Milford, Holliston & Framingham St. Ry. 
Mystic Valley St. Ry. 



Office, Wakefield, Mass. 

Office, 333 Union St., Lynn. 

Office, loi Milk St., Boston. 

Office, Milton, Mass. 

Office, Weymouth Centre, Mass. 

Office, North Abington, Mass. 

Office, Main Street, Brockton. 

Office, Bridgewater, Mass. 

Office, Bridgewater, Mass. 

Office, Walnut St., Newtonville. 

Office, Purchase St., N. Bedford. 

Office, Taunton, Mass. 

Office, 23 Sumer St., Taunton, 

Office, Exeter, N. H. 

Office, Fitchburg, Mass. 

Office, Leominster, Mass. 

Office, So. Framingham, Mass. 

Office, Northboro, Mass. 

Office, Fall River, Mass. 

Office, Gloucester, Mass. 

Office, Essex, Mass. 

Office, Gloucester, Mass. 

Office, Hingham, Mass. 

Office, Georgetown, Mass. 

Office, Merrimac, Mass. 

Office, Hingham, Mass. 

Office, No. Attleboro, Mass. 

Office, Leominster, Mass. 

Office, Lawrence, or Supt's 
Office, Haverhill. 

Receiving Office, Merrimac Sq., 
Lowell, Mass. 

Supt's Office, 214 Broadway, 
Chelsea; cor. Salem and 
Ferry Sts., Maiden; Cen- 
tral Sq., Lynn; or Supt's 
Office, cor. Essex and Wash- 
ington Sts., Salem, Mass. 

Office, Norton, Mass. 

Office, Norton, Mass. 

Office, Marlboro, Mass. 

Office, Milford, Mass. 

Office, Wakefield, Mass. 



DERRAH'S STREET RAILWAY GUIDE. 


21 


If a Parcel is Lost in the Cars of 


THE 


Inquiry Should 
BE Made at 



Nashua St. Ry. 

Natick & Cochituate St. Ry. 
Needham & Boston St. Ry. 

New Bedford, Middleboro & Brockton 

St. Ry. 
Newburyport & Amesbury St. Ry. 
Newport & Fall River St. Ry. 
Newton St. Ry. 



Newton & Boston St. Ry. 
Newtonville & Watertown St. 
Norfolk Central St. Ry. 
Norfolk Southern St. Ry. 
Norfolk Suburban St. Ry. 



Ry. 



Norfolk Western St. Ry. 

North Woburn St. Ry. 

Norton «& Attleborough St. Ry. 

Norton & Taunton St. Ry. 

People's St. Ry. 

Providence & Taunton St. Ry. 

Quincy & Boston St. Ry. 

Randolph St. Ry. 

Reading & Lowell St. Ry. 

Rockland & Abington St. Ry. 

South Middlesex St. Ry. 

Taunton St. Ry. 

Union Ry. (Providence, R. I.) 

Union St. Ry. (New Bedford.) 

Wakefield & Stoneham St. Ry. 

Warren, Brookfield & Spencer St. Ry. 

Wellesley & Boston St. Ry. 

West Roxbury & Roslindale St. Ry. 

Woburn & Reading St. Ry. 
Worcester Consolidated St. Ry. 
Worcester & Marlboro St. Ry. 
Worcester & Clinton St. Ry. 
Worcester & Suburban St. Ry. 



Receiver's Ofifice, East Pearl St., 

Nashua, N. H. 
Ofifice, Natick, Mass. 
Ofifice, Car Station, Washington 

St., Roslindale, Mass. 

Ofifice, Middleboro, Mass. 
Office, Newburyport, Mass. 
Ofifice, Portsmouth, R. I. 
Office, Car Station, Washington 

St., W. Newton, Mass. 
Ofifice, Newtonville, Mass. 
Ofifice, Newtonville, Mass. 
Ofifice, Car Station, Dedham. 
Office, Westwood, Mass. 
Ofifice, cor. River St. and Hyde 

Park Ave., Hyde Park. 
Ofifice, Westwood, Mass. 
Ofifice, No. Woburn, Mass. 
Office, Norton, Mass. 
Office, Norton, Mass. 
Ofifice, Lawrence, Mass. 
Office, Rehoboth, Mass. 
Office, City Sq., Quincy, Mass. 
Ofifice, City Sq., Quincy, Mass. 
Office, Wakefield, Mass. 
Office, No. Abington, Mass. 
Office, So. Framingham, Mass. 
Office, Union Block, Taunton. 
Office, Providence, R. L 
Office, New Bedford, Mass. 
Office, Wakefield, Mass. 
Office, Brookfield, Mass. 
Office, Newtonville, Mass. 
Office, Car Station, Washington 

St., Roslindale, Mass. 
Office, Wakefield, Mass. 
Office, Worcester, Mass. 
Office, Northboro, Mass. 
Office, Boylston Centre, Mass. 
Office, 43 Park St., Worcester. 



It is quite important in applying for lost parcels to give the date, time (as near as 
possible,) and the route of the car on which you supposed the parcel was lost, as well as 
a full and accurate description of the same. 



22 



DERRAH'S STREET RAILWAY GUIDE. 



Boston Elevated Railway Company. 



A PERSON IN BOSTON CAN QET A CAR 



FOR 



Albany Depot, 



Allston, 



Arlington, . . . , . 

Arlington Heights, . . 
Arnold Arboretum, 

Ashmont, . . . ♦ . 

Back Bay Fens, , . . 



Baldwin Street, East 
Cambridge, . . . 

Beachmont (Lynn & 
Boston R. R.) 

Brighton, via Cam- 
bridge, 



Brighton, via Coolidge's 
Comer, ..... 



Broadway, Cambridge, 



Union Station, Haymarket Sq., Post Office 
Sq., Park Sq., Rowe's Wharf, East Boston 
Ferry, Chelsea Ferry, South Station and 
Washington St., north of Essex St. 

Take through subway car at Union Station 
(and change at Park St. Station, Subway for 
Allston car), Bowdoin Sq. and Copley Sq. 

Bowdoin Sq., Park St. and Boylston St. Sta- 
tions, Subway, Copley Sq. 

Same as Arlington. 

Take a Jamaica Plain or Forest Hills car. 

Same as Milton. 

Take a Brookline, Reservoir, Allston, Oak 
Sq., Newton or Longwood car at Park St. 
and Boylston St. Stations, Subway. 

Same as East Cambridge. 

Scollay Sq., Adams Sq., and Haymarket Sq. 
Stations, Subway. 

Bowdoin Sq. 

Take through Subway car at Union Station 
(and change at Park St. Station, Subway, 
for Brighton car), Copley Sq. 

Park St. and Boylston St. Stations, Subway, 
Bowdoin Sq., Copley Sq. or Park Sq. and 
by transfer at West Boston Bridge. 



DERRAH'S STREET RAILWAY GUIDE. 



23 



A PERSON IN BOSTON CAN GET A CAR 



FOR 



AT 



Brookline, (Cypress St.) 

Bunker Hill Monu- 
ment^ ...... 



Central Square, Cam- 
bridge, 

Charlestown Neck, 
C3iarlestown, 



Chelsea Ferry," . . . 

Chelsea Sq., Chelsea 
(Lynn&Bos'nRR) 

Chestuut Hill and Res- 



servoir, 



City Point, So. Boston. 



City Sq , Charlestown, 

Clarendon Hill, Som- 
erville, .... 



Columbus Avenue, . . 

Coolidgc's Comer, 
Cottage Farm Station, 



Park St. and Boylston St. Stations, Subway, 
East Boston Ferry, Copley Sq. and Wash- 
ington St., north of Boylston St. 

Albany Depot, Subway Stations, Post OfEce 
Sq., Adams Sq., Haymarket Sq., Union Sta- 
tion or onWashington St., north of Essex St. 

Park St. and Boylston St. Stations, Subway, 
Bowdoin, Scollay, Adams and Copley Sqrs. 

Subway Stations, Post Office, Adams, and 
Haymarket Sqrs. and Washington .St. 

Park, Post Office, Adams Sqrs., and Washing- 
ton St., north of Boylston St. 

.Scollay, Adams and Haymarket Sq. Stations, 
Subway. 

'lake through Subway car at Union Station 
(and change at Park St. Station, Subway, 
for Reservoir car), and Copley Sq. 

Union Station, Subway Stations, Albany De- 
pot, South Station, Washington St., Hay- 
market, Post Office and Park Sqrs. 

Albany Depot, Haymarket Sq., Post Office 
Sq., Washington .St. All Subway Stations. 

Columbus Av., Park, Scollay, Haymarket 
Sqrs., Subway Stations and Union Station. 

Union Station, Subway Stations, Albany De- 
pot, Chelsea Ferry, Post Office Sq., Wash- 
ington St. north of Boylston St. 

Same as Allston. 

Take Newton car via Commonwealth Ave. 
at Park and Boylston St. Stations, Subway, 
Copley Sq. 



24 


JJJiKKAJtl ; 


5 JJlKtU,! KA1L,WAY IjUlUIl.. 


A PERSON IN BOSTON CAN GET A CAR 


FOR 


AT 



Crescent Beach (Lynn 
& Boston R. R.) ^ . 



Davis Sq., Somerville, . 
Dudley St., Roxbury, 

East Boston Ferry, . . 

East Cambridge, . . . 

Everett Sq., Everett, . 

Field's Comer, . . * 

Field's Corner, via Dor- 
chester Ave., . . . 

Forest Hills, .... 

Forest Hills Cemetery, 
Franklin Field, . . . 

Franklin Park, ... 



Scollay, Adams and Haymarket Sq. Stations, 
Subway. 

I 
Subway Stations, Park and Scollay Sqrs. 

Union Station, South Station, Subway Sta- 
tions, East Boston Ferry, Rowe's Wharf, 
Copley Sq., Franklin St. and Washington 

St. 

Park, Post Office and Adams Sqrs., Albany 
Depot, South Station, Union Station, and 
Washington St. 

Post Office, Adams and Scollay Sqrs., South 
Station, Washington St. north of Summer 

St. 

Subway Stations, Washington St., north of 
Broadway Ext. 

Same as Upham's Corner. 

Union Station, Adams Sq., Post Office Sq., 
Franklin St., South Station. 

Union Station, Subway Stations, Chelsea 
Ferry, Rowe's Wharf, East Boston Ferry, 
South Station, Albany Depot, Park, Cop- 
ley Sqrs., and Washington St. 

Same as Forest Hills. 

Union Station, Subway Stations, and Wash- 
ington St. 

Union Station, Subway Stations, Copley Sq., 
Washington St., and l)y transfer at Dudley 
St. and Grove Hall. 



DERRAH'S STREET RAILWAY GUIDE. 



25 



A PERSON IN BOSTON CAN GET A CAR 



FOR 



A" 



Franklin St.^ Som'ville, 

Grove Hall, .... 

Harvard College, . . 
Harvard Sq., Camb'ge, 



Highland Ave., Som- 
erville, ..... 

Huntington Ave., Me- 
chanics Building, . . 



Jamaica Plain, . . . 

Longwood Ave., . . 
Magoun Sq., Somerville 

Maiden, 

Marine Park, So. Boston 

Marlborough St., . . 
Medford, 



Subway Stations, Post Office, Adams and 
Haymarket Sqrs., and Washington St. 

Union Station, Subway Stations, Park and 
Copley Sqrs., and Washington St. 

Same as Harvard Sq. 

Bowdoin Sq., Park St. and Boylston St. Sta- 
tions, Subway, Post Office, Park, Copley 
and Haymarket Sqrs. (Union Station by 
transfer at Craigie Bridge.) 

Same as Clarendon Hill. 



Take through Subway car at Union Station 
(and change at Park St. Station, Subway 
for Huntington Ave. car), Subway Stations, 
Park and Copley Sqrs. 

Union Station, Subway Stations, and Copley 
Sq. 

Same as Huntington Avenue. 

Subway Stations and Union Station. 

Subway Stations and Union Station. 

Take South Boston or City Point car at 
Union Station, South Station, Subway 
Stations, Post Office Sq., Park Sq., and 
Washington St. 

Copley Sq., Charles and Beacon Sts. 
Subway Stations and Union Station. 



26 



DERRAH'S STREET RAILWAY GUIDE. 



A PERSON IN BOSTON CAN GET A CAR 



FOR 



AX 



Meeting House Hill, 



Middlesex Fells, Med- 
ford, 



Milton, 



Mount Auburn, Cam- 
bridge, . . . . . 



Maplewood, .... 
Mount Pleasant, . . . 

Navy Yard, Charles- 
town, 

Neponset, ..... 
Newton, 



Newton Boulevard, 



Norfolk House, 



Union Station, Park St. and Boylston St. 
Stations, Subway, Copley Sq. and Wash- 
ington St. 

Take Medford or Maiden car via West Everett 
at Subway Stations and Union Station. 

Union Station, Subway Stations, Haymarket 
Sq., Post Office Sq., or take Field's Corner 
or Neponset car and by transfer at Park St. 
(Dor.) 

Park St. and Boylston St. Stations, Subway, 
and Copley Sq., and by transfer at Har- 
vard Sq. 

Scollay, Adams, and Haymarket Sq. Stations, 
Subway. 

Same as Upham's Corner. 



Take any Bunker Hill or Chelsea car. 



Union Station, all Subway Stations, Franklin 
St., or take Field's Corner or Milton car 
and by transfer at Park St. (Dor.) 

Take through Subway car at Union Station, 
(and change at Park St. Station, Subway, 
for Newton car), Subway Stations, Bowdoin, 
Scollay, Park or Copley Sqrs. and by trans- 
fer at Harvard Sq. 

Take through Subway car at Union Station 
(and change at Park St. Station, Subway, 
for Newton Boulevard car), Copley Sq. 

Union Station, Park St. and Boylston St. 
Stations, Subway, Haymarket, Adams and 
Copley Sqrs. and Washington St. 



Lli.KKAhl 


b biKh-ti KAILVVAY OUIUH-. 


27 


A PERSON IN BOSTON CAN GET A CAR 


FOR 


AT 



Norfolk St., Dorchester^ 
North Cambridge, . . 
Oak Square, .... 



Pearl St., Cambridgp't, 

Porter's Station, Cam- 
bridge, ..... 



Post Office Square, . . 



Providence Depot, . . 



Revere, ..... 
Rowe's Wharf, . . . 

Roxbury Crossing, . . 
Spring Hill, Somerville, 

South Station, . . . 



Washington St. south of Franklin St. or by 
transfer at Dudley St. and Grove Hall. 

Bowdoin Sq., Park St. and Boylston St. Sta- 
tions, Subway, and Copley Sq. 



Same as Allston route, or take Newton car 
from Park St. and Boylston St. Stations, 
Subway, Bowdoin or Copley Sqrs. 

Park St. and Boylston St. Stations, Subway, 
Bowdoin, Park and Copley Sqrs. 

Bowdoin Sq., Park St. and Boylston St. Sta- 
tions, Subway, Copley Sq. 

Union Station, South Station, Albany Depot, 
Columbus Av., Park Sq., or any place on 
Washington St. 

All Steam Railroad Stations, Subway Stations, 
Bowdoin and Post Office Sqrs., Rowe's 
Wharf, East Boston Ferry, Chelsea Ferry, 
and Washington St., north of Eliot St. 

Scollay, Adams and Haymarket Sq. Stations, 
Subway. 

Union Station, East Boston Ferry, Park Sq., 
Tremont St. south of Eliot, Washington 
St. south of Summer, and Albany Depot. 

Rowe's Wharf, Union Station, South Station, 
East Boston Ferry, Subway Stations, and 
Washington St. 

Park St. and Boylston St. Stations, Subway, 
Copley, Bowdoin, Adams and Haymarket 
Sqrs., and Washington St. north of Boyl- 
ston St. 

Union Station, Chelsea Ferry, East ISoston 
Ferry, Rowe's Wharf, and Washington St. 



28 



DERRAH'S STREET RAILWAY GUIDE. 



A PERSON IN BOSTON CAN GET A CAR 



FOR 



AT 



Union Sq.^ Somerville^ 

Union Station^ « » . 
Upham's Corner, . ♦ 

West Everett, . ♦ . 
Winter Hill, Somerville, 

Woodla'wn Cemetery, . 



Waverley, 



♦ ♦ ♦ 



South Statiort, Union Station, Copley, Park, 
Haymarket and Bowdoin Sqrs., and Wash- 
ington St. north of Summer St. 

Steam Railroad Station, Subway Stations, and 
on all the principal streets. 

Union Station, Subway Stations, Copley Sq., 
Franklin St., Washington St., and Hun- 
tington Ave., north of Massachusetts Ave. 

Subway Stations and Union Station. 

Subway Stations, Albany Depot, Washington 
St., north of Essex St., Post Ofhce and 
Adams Sqrs., Union Station. 

wScollay, Adams and Haymarket Sq. Stations, 
Subway. 

Park St. and Boylston St. Stations, Subway, 
Copley Sq. 



NORUMBEGA PARK, from Boston : Take a Newton Boulevard car at 
Park St. and Boylston St. Stations, Subway, and Copley Sq., and 
change at the Newton line to cars of the Commonwealth Ave. St. 
Ry. Co., which run direct to the Park. II 1-2 miles; time, i hour; 
fare, 10 cents. This line connects with cars running to all parts of 
the Newtons; also to Echo Bridge, Highlandville, Needbam, Natick 
and all lines south and west of Auburndale. 



R. H. DERRAH 

MAKES A 
SPECIALTY OF 

Trolley Excursions 



DERRAH'S STREET RAILWAY GUIDE. 



29 



NIGHT CARS 



BOSTON ELEVATED RAILWAY COMPANY. 




Adams Sq.. 



u 
u 
u 
it 
u 
u 

t4 
U 

u 
u 
u 
u 
** 
u 



E. Boston Fcrry^ 
Adams Sq., 



*4 
U 
ti 
it 



North Ferry, 



Allston *i2 

Arlington Heights, *I2 

Brookline Village, ti 

City Point, So. Boston,...- *i2 

Clarendon Hill, ti 

Dorchester, via Grove Hall, +12 
Dorchester (Field's Corner) *i 

East Boston Ferry, *i 

East Cam. (Prospect St.) . • *I2 
Also by Clarendon Hill 

Route ti 

Everett, (East) *I2 

Forest Hills, ti2 

Grove Hall, Warren St ■ • • • *I2 
Grove Hall, Blue Hill Ave. • * i 
Harvard Sq. (Cambridge) *I2 

Jamaica Plain, *I2 

Jamaica Plain, via Adams Sq. *I 

Maiden, *i 

Medford, via Winter Hill,. *I2 

Milton and Neponset *i. 

Newton, via Allston, 1*12 

Newton, via Cambridge i*i2 

Reservoir, via Brookline 

village, ti, 

Watertown, via Cambridge *I2, 

West Everett, *i, 

Winter Hill, (Somerville).. *I2, 
Winthrop Junction, *I2, 



1=; 


5-15 


30 

00 


4-30 
4-45 


30 


5-30 
4.15 


30 
CO 


5-30 
5.00 


40 
15 


4.40 
5-15 


!■? 


4-15 


30 

37 
30 
00 


4-30 
5-37 
5-30 
5.00 


30 

35 

53 
00 


5-30 
5.00 

4-53 
5.10 


30 
00 


4-3° 
5.00 


15 


5-15 


30 


5-30 


00 


4-45 


30 
00 


5-30 
5. 10 


30 
55 


4.30 
4.50 



30 min earlier 

60 

20 

30 

37 
40 

35 



35 
37 
30 
30 
30 

35 

48 

40 

40 

45 

45 

Same hour 

35 min earlier 



56 

30 
28 

37 



^*) Cars run every hour. (f) Cars run every hour and a quarter, 
(t) Cars run every 30 minutes. 



3° 



DERRAH'S STREET RAILWAY GUIDE. 



BOSTON TO FITCHBURG 

Via South Framingham and Worcester. 





TRUNK-LINE AND BRANCHES. 












To 


Mileage. 


Rate 


af Fare 


Run' 


gTime 




From 


^ o 


r- O 


i' 5 


r— 


c tA 

^ c 


c 
^ 








s s 


= H, 


S« 


S 2 


S-s 


S 2 








uS 


S o 


«i5 


a 


t s. 


es 








ax 


tL-K 


Krr. 


fanM 


^ir. 


fcP3 
















HrMin 


HrMln 




Boston, 


Watertown, 




ey2 




5 




48 




Watertown, 


Waltham, 
Newton H'lds, 
Newton Up- 1 
per Falls, ) 


3 

4 




5 
5 




20 
28 








5 




5 




37 








Highlandville, 


7 




5 




47 




• 

"3 




*Needham, 


8 




5 




52 




1^ 




Prospect Hill, 


3M 




5 




30 




13 
C 




Newton, 


I 


1% 


5 


5 


OS 


53 




Newton, 


Newton Ctre., 
Waltham, via \ 
W. Newton, j 


3X 




5 




30 
38 








5 




5 










Waltham, via ) 
Bemis, J 


3U 


















5 




30 




C9 




Bemis, 


lU 




5 




15 








Prospect Hill, 


S% 




5 




38 








Newton H'ld, 


3% 




5 




22 




z 




Newton Up- 1 
per Falls, J 


A% 




5 




31 




CB 

E 




Highlandville, 


e% 




5 




41 






*Needham, 


V/z 




5 




46 








Newlonville, 


I 


^% 


5 


10 


07 


I GO 




Newton villc, 


Newton Ctre., 


2X 




5 




20 




Q 




Newton H'lds, 


2^ 




5 




15 









Newton Up- \ 
per Falls, ) 


z% 




5 




30 




U. 




Highlandville, 


sVz 




5 




42 








*Needham, 


6j4 




5 




50 








Waltham, 


3 




5 




20 








West Newton, 


iX 


ioU 


5 


10 


17 


I IS 




"West Newton, 


Auburndale, 


I 


iiH 


5 


10 


04 


I 19 




Auburndale, 


NewlonLowcr ^ 
FaUs, S 


1% 


13X 


5 


10 


II 


I 30 




Newlon Lower? 
Falls, S 


7 

WeUesley HiUs, 


iK 


14^ 


5 


15 


07 


I 37 





* Connects with cars for WeUesley, Natick, Spring Street, West Roxbury, Dedham, etc. 



DERRAH'S STREET RAILWAY GUIDE. 



31 



BOSTON TO FITCHBURG 

Via South Framingham and Worcester — Continued. 



TRUNK-LINE AND BRANCHES. 





To 


Mileage. 


Rate of Fare 


Run'gTime 




From 




ES 


c ^. 
'^ c 


B2 


^•2 










s « 


S§ 


u 2 


£S 


uS 


es 








pac/2 


faCQ 


pa en 


b03 


Kc/] 


tMpa 
















HrMin 


HrMin 




WcIIesley Hills, 


WeDesIey, 


1/2 


16X 


5 


15 


08 


I 45 




"Wcllesley, 


Needham, 


3X 




5 




15 








Natick, 


3 


I9X 


5 


20 


15 


2 00 




Natick, 


South Natick, 


2 




5 




15 








Felchville, 


i^ 




5 




7 




• 

10 




North Natick, 


2 




5 




15 




fO 




Cochituate, 


3 




5 




20 




c 




Saxonville, 


5 




ID 




30 




n 
■* 




So.Framingham 


4 


23X 


5 


25 


30 


2 30 


fO 


So. Framingham 


Mass. State ( 
Militia Grounds S 


i>^ 




5 




08 








Saxonville, ^ 


4 




5 




30 




1 




Holliston, 


5 




5 




25 




es 




Braggville, 


9 




ID 




45 




s 




Mil ford, 


12 




15 




I 00 




n 




Hopedale, 


14X 




15 




I 16 








*CaryvilIe, 


17 




25 




I 27 




es 




*West Medway 


18 




25 




I 35 




H 




*Medway, 


19K 




25 




I 45 




E 




Ashland, 


3 




5 




21 




H 




Hopkinton, 


7 




10 




39 








Framingham, 


2 


25 ^X 


5 


30 


15 


2 45 


1 


Framingham, 


Fayville, 


2H 


28 


5 


35 


20 


3 05 


Q 


Fayville, 


Southboro, 


3)4 


3IX 


5 


40 


20 


3 25 


I. 



Southboro, 


Marlboro, 


z% 


34^ 


5 


45 


18 


3 43 


£ 


Marlboro, 


Hudson, 


4 




5 




20 








Northboro, 


S% 


40>^ 


10 


55 


30 


4 13 




Norlhboro, 


Westboro, 


4i 




5 




30 








Shrewsbury, 


5 


45X 


5 


60 


30 


4 43 




Shrewsbury, 


Lake \ 
Quinsigmond I 


3 


48>^ 


5 


60 


15 


4 58 




Lake | 
Quinsigmond 1 


Worcester, 


^% 


51 


5 


65 


30 


5 28 




Worcester, 


Grafton, 
Millbury, 


e% 




10 




40 







*Change cars at Milford for these points. 



32 



DERRAH'S STREET RAILWAY GUIDE. 



BOSTON TO FITCHBURG 

Via South Ffamingham and Worcester — Continued. 





TRUNK-LINE AND BRANCHES. 












To 


Mileage. 


Rate of Fare! 


Run'gTime 




From 




as 


^■2 




^•2 


c 








V B 


2S 


t; B 


2S 


S « 


2 








«t^ 


fcCQ 


mc/3 


faCQ 


«c« 


b.m 
















Hr Min 


HrMin 




Worcester^ 


Bramanville, 
Wilkinsonville, 


8 

8|^ 




10 
15 




50 
52 








Saundersville, 


9H 




15 




I 00 




«5 




Farnumsville, 


i^'A 




20 




I 10 




•0 




Rockdale, 


13 




25 




I 20 




c 




Valley Falls, 


4 




5 




32 








Cherry Valley, 


4>^ 




10 




38 








Leicester, 


7 




10 




49 








Spencer, 


12 




20 




1 18 




s 




tE. Brookfield, 


isX 




25 




I 30 




be 




No. Brookfield, 


19)^ 




30 




2 00 




u 




Brookfield, 


im 




30 




I 55 








W. Brookfield, 


21X 




35 




2 II 




«) 




Warren, 


25X 




45 




2 27 








W. Warren, 


^rA 




40 




2 39 




4> 




Boylston Centre, 


7 


58 


10 


75 


30 


5 58 


Boylston Centre, 


Clinton, 


5 


63 


10 


85 


30 


6 28 


E 


Clinton, 


So. Lancaster, 


3 


69 


5 


90 


15 


6 43 


F 


So. Lancaster, 


Lancaster, 


1/2 


loVz 


5 


90 


10 


6 53 


*C8 


Lancaster, 


No. Village, 


1^2 


72 


5 


90 


05 


6 58 


•^ 
k 


No. Village, 


Leominster Park, 


3 


75 


5 


95 


15 


7 13 





Leominster Park, 


Leominster, 


3 


78 


5 


I 00 


15 


7 28 


in 


Leominster, 


So. Fitchburg, 


2^ 


80^ 


5 


I OS 


15 


7 43 




No. Leominster, 


i/s 




5 




15 








Fitchburg via ) 
No. Leominster > 


6^ 




5 




45 








Whalom Park ) 


4 




5 




20 








Fitchburg, 


2 


8234: 


5 


I 05 


15 


7 58 




+Fitchburg, 


W. Fitchburg, 
Whalom Park, 


3X 




5 

5 




23 
23 







A line also runs from Worcester to No. Grafton and Grafton. Fare to No. Grafton' 
10 cents; to Grafton, 15 cents. The distance to Grafton is 9 miles. 

A line will soon be in operation from Worcester to Webster, via Auburn, Learned- 
ville, No. O.xford, 0.\ford, and East Village. See Map. 

fChange cars for North Brookfield. 

JRound trip tickets over 25 mile Tide at rediuced prices. 



DERRAH'S STREET RAILWAY GUIDE. 



33 



TIME-TABLE. 



Boston to Fitchbufgf. 



Cars Leave 



Boston 

Watertown 



Newton 



Newtonville 



Newton 

Lower Falls 



Natick 



Watertown about every s minutes. 

Wahham and Auburndale, 6.30, *8.3o, then every 30 minutes 
until 11.30. Return Auburndale, 6.15, 6.45, *8.i5, then 
every 30 minutes until 10.45. 

Needham, via Newtonville, Newton Highlands, Newton Upper 
Falls and Highlandville, 6.17, then every 20 minutes until 
11.57. Return leave Needham, 6.00 then cver^' 20 minutes 
until 11.50 p. m. 

Newtonville, Newton Highlands, Upper Falls and Needham, 
7 minutes later than Watertown. Return leave Need- 
ham at 6.00, then every 20 minutes until 11.50 p. m. 

Newton Centre, 6.35, then every 30 minutes until 11.35 P- ™- 
Return 6.35, then every 30 minutes until 11.35 P- "i- 

Waltham via West Newton, 6.30, 7.00, 7.30, *8.45, then every 
15 minutes until 11.30 p. m. Return 6.22,6.42, 7-08, 7.38, 
*8.o8, then every 15 minutes until 11.23. 

West Newton, and Newton Lower Falls, 6.22 due, then every 
15 minutes until 9.52 p. m., then 10.22, 10.52 and 11.22. 
Return, leave Newton Lower Falls same time. 

Waltham via Eemis, 6.45, then hourly until 1.45, *8.45, then 
every 30 minutes until 11.15 p. m. Return 6. 10, 7.15, then 
hourly until 2.15, theneverj' 30 minutes until 11.15, *^-i5- 

Newton Centre, 7 minutes later then Newton. Return same 
time as for Newton. 

Newton Highlands, Upper Falls, Highlandville and Needham. 
6.10 a. m. then everj' 20 minutes imtil 11.30 p. m., then 
12.10. 

Natick, 7.07. *8.o8 a.m., then every 30 minutes until 10.07 P- ™-> 
then 10.47. Return, 7.35, 8.06, *8.36, then every 30 
minutes until 10.36 p. m., then 11. 16. 

South Natick, 6.20, 8.25, then hourly until 1.05, 1.50, then every 
30 minutes until 10.10 p. m., then 11.10. Return 6.35, 
8.40, then hourly until 1.20, then every 30 minutes until 
9.56, 10.25. 

Cochituate, 6.35, *9.oo a. m., then every 30 minutes until 10.37 
p. m. Return 6.05, *8.35 a. m., then about every 30 
minutes until 10.19 p. m. 

Saxonville, 7.00, 9.00 a. m., then hourly until 1.37 p. m., then 
hourly until 9.37, 10.05 P- rfi- Return 6.55, 8.23 a. m., 
then hourly until 1.07, then hourly until 10.07. 

South Framingham, 6.24, 8.13 a. m., then hourly until 7.13, 
then every 30 minutes until 7.13 p. m., then hourly unlil 
10.13. Return 6.25, 8.43 a. m., then hourly until i 13 
p. m., then every 30 minutes, 8.13, 9.13, 6.43, 10.43. 



*First car Sunday. 



34 



DERRAH'S STREET RAILWAY GUIDE. 



TIME-TABLE. 



Boston to Fitchburg: — Continued. 



Cars Leave 



So. Framingham 



nnford 



So. Framingham 



riarlboro . 



North boro 

Worcester 

Spencer 

East Brookfield 
Worcester 



Clinton 

Leominster. 



Ashland and Hopkinton, 6.44, *8.37, then hourly until 3.07, then 
every 30 minutes until 8.07, then 9.07, g.37, 10.38. 
Return 5.48, 8.03, then hourly until 2.32, then every 
36 minutes until 9.02, 10.92. 

Holliston, Milford and Hopedale, 6.35, 8.35 a. m. and every 
30 minutes until 9.35 p. m., then 10.08, 10.35, 11-05. 
Return, leave Hopedale, 6.20, *7.2o, and every 30 min- 
utes until q. 20 p. m., 10.20. Cars run more frequently 
and later Saturday and Sunday evenings. 

Caryville, West Medway and Medway, 6.05, *7.35 a. m., then 
every 45 minutes until 6.50 due, then 8.20,9.50. Return 
6.05, *8. 20 a. m.,then every 45 minutes until 7.35 p. m., 
9.05, 10.35. Cars run more frequently and later Sat- 
urday and Sunday Evenings. 

Marlboro via Framingham Centre, Fayville, Southboro, 6.42, 
7.07, 7.45, 8.00, then every 30 minutes until 9.30 p. m., 
then 10.10, 10.35. Return, leave Marlboro, 6.00, *7. 00 
a. m., then every 30 minutes until 10.00 p. m. 

Hudson, 5.50, 7.30 a. m., then every 30 minutes until 10.00 p. 
m. Return 6.00, 6.30, 7.05, 8.05 a. m., then every 30 
minutes until 10.05 P- m- 

Worcester via Northboro and Shrewsbury, 6.30, *7.3o a.m., then 
every hour until 9.30, then every 30 minutes until 9.30 
p. m. fio.oo, 10.30, 11.00, 11.30, runs to Northboro). 
Return, leaves Worcester, 7.00, *8.oo a. m., then hourly 
until 10.00, then every 30 minutes imtil 10.00 p. m. 
(10.30, 11.00, runs to Northboro only.) 

Westboro, 6.00, 7.00 a. m., then hourly untill 10.00 p. m. 

Return 30 minutes later. 
Spencer every 40 minutes. 

West Warren via Brookfield and Warren, 6.00, *7. 00, then every 
40 minutes until 10.20 p. m. Return, West Warren, 
6.20, *7.oo a. m., then every 40 minutes until 9.40 p. m. 

North Brookfield, *6.4o, 7.20, 8.00, then every 40 minutes until 
10.40 p. m. Return *7.oo a. m., then every 40 minutes 
until II. p. m. 

Leicester every 20 minutes. 

Rockdale via Bramanville, Wilkinsonville, Saundersville and 
Farnumsville, every 30 minutes. 

Grafton, via North Grafton, 1.15, 6.00, 7.00, then every 45 min- 
utes until 10.00, then 11.00 p. m. Return same time. 

Clinton via Boylston Centre, 6.55, ^8.25 a. m., then every 30 
minutes until 9.55 p. m., then (10.25, ii-55 to Boylston 
Centre only.) Return leave Clinton *8.io, then 15 min- 
utes later. 

Leominster via Lancaster, 5.55,7.00, *8.oo a. m., then hourly 
until 11.00, and then every 30 minutes until 10.30 p. m. 
Return leave Leominster same time until 10.00 p. m. 

Fitchburg via S. Fitchburg, 6.30 a. m., then every 30 minutes 
until 12.30 p. m., then every 15 minutes until 9.45, then 
every 30 minutes until 11.30. Return leave Fitchburg 30 
minutes earlier. 



♦First car Suaday. 



DERRAH'S STREET RAILWAY GUIDE. 



35 



TIME-TABLE. 



Boston to Fitchburgf — Continued* 



Cars Leave 



Leominster . 



Fitchburg. 



Fitchburg via No. Leominster and Whalom Park, 6.45 a. m , 
then every 30 minutes until i.oo p. m., then every 15 
minutes until 10.15. p. m. Return leave Fitchburg 6.15 
a.m., then every 30 minutes until i.oo, then every 15 min- 
utes until 10.15 P- ne- 
west Fitchburg, 6.00 a. m., then every 15 minutes until 
11.00 p. m. Return same time. 

Whalom, 6.45 a. m., then every 30 minutes until i.oo p. m., then 
every 15 minutes until 10.53 P- "^- 



JOHN C. PAIGE & CO. 

INSURANCE 

No. 20 KILBY STREET 

BOSTON 



36 



DERRAH'S STREET RAILWAY GUIDE. 



BOSTON TO GLOUCESTER AND 
ROCKPORT 

Via Lynn, Salem and Beverly. 



TRUNK-LINE AND BRANCHES. 





To 


Mileage. 


Rate of Fare 


Run'gTime 




From 


C J: 


c 


ss 






c 








S-2 


6§ 


>.2 


B2 


%■$ 


S2 








u « 


2J 


ss 


£S 


u « 


es 








CQco 


fcpa 


Wr/; 


fapa 


pa CO 


faCQ 
















HrMin 


HrMin 




Boston, 


Chelsea^ 




2A 




5 




16 




Chckca, 


WoodlawnCem 
Beachmont, 






5 
5 




14 
26 








Everett, 


^% 




5 




12 




d 




Maiden, 


z'A 




5 




22 




■* 




Melrose High's 


6% 




ID 




42 




e 




Stoneham, 


8% 




lO 




I 00 




es 




Woburn, 


13^ 




15 




I 27 




f<5 




Melrose, 


4 




10 




38 




00 




Revere, 


4 


(>A 


5 


5 


19 


35 


f5 


Revere, 


Lynn, 


rA 


ID 


5 


10 


25 


I 00 


n 


Lynn, 


Cliftondale, 


4 




5 




32 




be 




Beach Bluff, 


4 




5 




22 




a 




East Saugus, 


2A 




5 




22 








Swampscott, 


^Yz 




S 




IS 




tf3 




Marblehead, 


6 




10 




45 




« 




South Peabody 


4 




10 




30 




<2 




Peabody, 


6 




10 




40 




H 




WyomaLakeor "l 
Wyoma Village j 














E 




2>4 




s 




17 






North Saugus, 


iA 




ID 




35 








Saugus Centre, 


VA 




5 




32 




1 




Oaklandale, 


aA 




5 




37 




■0 




Franklin Park, 


4 




5 




35 









Maiden, 


9 




10 




52 




U. 




Melrose High's 


II 




15 




I 00 








Stoneham, 


12 




15 




I 09 








Woburn, 


i6 




20 




I 30 








Lynnhurst, 


^A 




IS 




22 








Wakefield, 


9 




15 




52 








Nahant Beach, 


A 




5 




7 








Salem, 


6 


i6 


5 


15 


52 


I 52 




Salem, 


Marblehead, 


aA 




5 




34 








South Peabody, 


4A 




5 




25 







DERRAH'S STREET RAILWAY GUIDE. 



37 



BOSTON TO GLOUCESTER AND 
ROCKPORT 

Via Lynn, Salem and Beverly — Continued. 

TRUNK-LINE AND BRANCHES. 





To 


Mileage. 


Rate of Fare 


Run'gTime 




From 


C w 
V c 

^•2 




IB 














V S 


2 S 


zs 


2S 


tJS 


2S 








men 


fe« 


P3rr 


t-m 


men 


faoa 
















HrMin 


HrMin 




Salem^ 


Peabody, 
Danvers, 
Asylum Station 


2/2 

4 

6 




5 

5 
8 




20 
26 
41 








Putnamville, 


. 7 




8 




45 




c 




Danvers Centre 


6 




8 




41 




■* 




Salem Willows 


2 




5 




15 


2 07 


B 




Beverly, 


2 


18 


5 


20 


15 




Q 

a 


Beverly, 


Putnamville, 


9 




10 




I 15 




"5 




Wenham, 


6 




5 




31 




00 


■ 


Wenham Lake 


3K 




5 




20 




s 




Peabody, 


4 




5 




45 




Si 

C8 




Beverly Cove, 


2H 




5 




11 




a 




Danvers Sq. 


6 




10 




30 








Danvers Centre 


8 




12 




45 








Asylum Station 


sy^ 




12 




I 00 








fAsbury Grove, 


6K 




10 




38 








Longham, 


2 


20 


5 


25 


10 


2 17 




Longham, 


Essex Falls, 


6 


26 


5 


30 


30 


2 47 


E 


•Es^ Falk, 


Essex, 


I 


27 


5 


30 


05 


2 52 


H 


Essex, 


Conomo, 


I 


28 


5 


35 


05 


2 57 


"S 


Conomo, 


West Gloucester, 


2 


30 


5 


35 


10 


3 07 


IS 


West Gloucester, 


Fern-wood Lake, 


3 


33 


5 


40 


15 


3 22 


^ 

1 


Femwood Lake, 


Gloucester, 


2 


35 


5 


40 


10 


3 32 


Gloucester, 


Riverdale, 
Bay View, 
Annisquam, 
Lanesville, 
Long Beach, 
East Gloucester ; 


5 
3 

6/2 

2H 

3 




5 
10 

5 
10 

5 
5 




12 

37 
25 
45 
12 

30 








or Rocky Neck i 












Rockport, 


4 


39 


5 


45 


28 


4 00 




Rockpoft, 


Pigeon Cove, 


2/2 


41/z 


5 


50 


20 


4 20 





*A line of cars is run to Ipswich from Essex Falls; distance, 5 1-2 miles; running 
time 25 minutes; fare, 5 cents. fThis line runs only as far as Wenham during winter. 

About August ist a line will probably be in operation from Ipswich to Georgetowi) 
and Newburyport via Rowley. 



38 



DERRAH'S STREET RAILWAY GUIDE. 



TIME-TABLE. 



Boston to Gloucester and Rockport via 
Lynn and Salem* 



Cars Leave 



FOR 



Boston . 



Chelsea. 



Revere. 



Lynn 



Chelsea, Revere and Lynn, 6.00, 7.00, *7.37, 7.30, 8.00, then 
every 15 minutes until 8.15 p. m, then every 30 minutes 
until II. 15. Return, 6.30, *6.37, 7.00, then every 15 min- 
utes until 7.15 p. m., then every 30 mmutes until 10.15. 

Woodlawn Cemetery, 6.30, 7.05, then every 30 minutes until 
11.35, then every 15 minutes until 6.35, then every 30 
minutes until 11.35. 

Beachmont, 6.15, 6.57, 7.07, 7.22, 7.37, then every 30 minutes 
until 2.37, then every 15 minutes until 7.07, then every 30 
minutes 12.07 then 1.30 a. m. 

Everett, 6.00, then every 30 minutes until 11.30 p. m. 

Maiden, 6.00, then every 15 minutes until 12.00 noon, 12.30, 
1. 00, then every i 5 minutes until 9.30, then every 30 min- 
utes until 12.00 midnight. Return, 5.35, then every 15 
minutes until 11.35, 12.05, 12.35, then every 15 minutes 
until 9.05, then every 30 minutes until 11.35 p. m. 

Melrose and Melrose Highlands, 6.00, then every 15 minutes 
until 9.30, then every 30 minutes until 12.00. 

Stoneham, 6.00, 6.30, 7.00, then hourly until 12.00, then every 

30 minutes until 10.00. 
Woburn, same as Stoneham. 

Revere, 6.00, 6.15, then about every 10 minutes until 7. 11, then 
every 6 minutes until 11.07, then about every 10 minutes 
until 1.30 a. m. Return 5.15, 5.32, 5.43. Last car 11.35 
p. m. 

Lynn, 6.57, 7.27, 7.57, 8.27, then every 15 minutes until 8.12, 
then every 30 minutes until 11.42, 6.30, 7.00, 7.15, then 
every 15 minutes until 6.55, then every 30 minutes until 
10.15 p. m. 

Cliftondale, 6.43, 7.13, *8.43, then every 30 minutes until 10.43. 

Return6.i5, *8.i5, then every 30 minutes until 10.15 p. m. 
Beach Bluff, 7.30, 8.30, 9.30, then every 30 minutes until 12.00 

m., then every 15 minutes until 7.30, then 8.00, 8.30, 9.30. 

Return 7.22, 8.07, 8.37, then 7 minutes later than from 

Lynn, (10.37, it.37 P- ™. Saturdays and Sundays only.) 
East Saugus, 6.28, 6.43, then every 15 minutes until 10.58 p. m. 

Return 6.25 then every 15 minutes until 10.40 p. m. 
Swampscott, 6.30, *7. 30, then every 15 minutes until 11. 15, then 

11.45, I2-IS. Return 6.30 then every 15 minutes until 

11.00, 11.30, 12.00 p. m. 
Marblehejid, 7.30, *8.30, 9.30, then every 30 minutes a. m., 15 

minutes, p. m. until 7.30, then 8.00, 8.30, 9.30. Return 45 

minutes later. 
South Peabody. Same as Peabody. 
Wyoma Lake, Wyoma Village, 6.05 and then at least every 15 

minutes until 11.00 p. m., then 12.00. Return 5.40, 6. 10, 

then every 15 minutes until 10.25 p. m. then 11.25. 



*First car Sunday. 



t)ERRAlt'S STREET RAILWAY GUIDE. 



39 



TIME-TABLE. 



Boston to Gloucester and Rockport via 
Lynn and Salem. — Continued, 



Cars Leave 



North Saugus, same as Lynnhurst. 

Saugus Centre, 6.28, *8.28, then every 30 minutes until 10.58 p. 

m. Return 6.15, 6.30, *8.oo, then every 30 minutes until 

10.30. 
Peabody, about every 30 minutes. 
Frankhn Park, same as Maiden. 
Maiden, same as Cliftondale. Return 6.15, *8. 45, then every 

30 minutes until 9.45 p. m. 
Melrose Highlands, 6.28, *8.28, then every 30 minutes until 

9.28. Return, 6.45, *8.45, then eveiy 30 minutes until 

9-4S- 
Stoneham, 6.28, *8.28, then every 30 minutes until 9.28. 

Lynnhurst, 7.07, 7.37, 8.07, 9.07, *8.oo, then every 30 minutes 
until 10.07 p.™- Return 6.30, 7.00, 7.30, 8.30, then every 
30 minutes until 10.00 p. m. 

Woburn, 6.28, *8.28, then every 30 minutes until 9.28. 

Salem, 6.25, 7.02, then every 30 minutes until 1.02, then every 
15 minutes until 6.32, then every 30 minutes until 9.32 
p. m. Return 6.25, 7.00, 7.45, then every 3ommutes until 
1.45, then every 15 minutes until 6.55, then every 30 
minutes until 10.15 p. m. (10.45 Saturday and Sunday 
only.) 

Marblehead, 6.26, 6.56, a.m., *7.56, then every 30 minutes until 
10.56. Return, 6.30 a. m., *8.oo, then every 30 minutes 
until 10.30 p. m. 

South Peabody, via No. Salem, 6.00, 6.30, 7.00, 7.30, 8.20, *8.5o 
a. m., then every 30 mmutes until 10.20, (10.40 Sundays 
only), and ii.oo p. m. Return 6.30,7.15, *9. 15, then 
every 30 minutes until 9.45, 10.15, (10.40, not run Sunday), 
10.45 and II. 15. 

Peabody, 5.30, 6.15, *7. 30, 7.05 and 8.15 a. m., (not run Sunday,) 
then every 15 minutes until 11.00 p. m. Return, 6.35, 
*7.5o, then every 15 minutes until 11.20 p. m. 

Danvers, 6.34, 7.04, 7-34, *8.o4, then every 30 minutes until 
10.34,11.00. Return, 6.30, then every 30 minutes until 
10.30 p. m. 

Asylum Station, 6.34, 7.34, *8.34, then hourly until 10.34 P- 
m. Return 6.45, 7.15, *8.i5, then hourly until 10.15 P- !"• 

Putnamville, 6.30, *7.3o a. m., then hourly until 10.30 p. m. 

Salem Willows, 6.00, 6.25, 7.00, 7.40, 8.10, 8.40, *9.io a. m., 
then every half hour until 10.10, then 11.00 p. m. Re- 
turn 6.15, 6.42, 7.15, 8.05, 8.35, *9.o5 a. m., then every 
hour until 10.35, then 11. 15 p. m. 

Danvers Centre, 7.04, *8.04, then hourly until 11.00 p. m. 
Return 6.14, 6.45, *7.45, then hourly until 9.45. 



'''First car Sunday. 



40 



DERRAH'S STREET RAILWAY GUIDE. 



TIME-TABLE, 



Boston to Gloucester and Rookport via 
Lynn and Salem« — Continued. 



Cars Leave 



Salem . 



Beverly . 



Essex Falls 



tOloucester 



Wenhara, 6.25,6.55,8.00, 9.00,10.15, then hourly until 2.15, 
then every 30 minutes until 8.15, then hourly until 10.15, 
then 11.00 p.m. Return, 6.05, 6.35, 7.07, *8.o7, 9.22 a. 
m., then hourly until 1.22, then 1.52, and every 30 min- 
utes until 7.22, then 8.22, Q.22 and 10.07 P- ™- 

Beverly, 6.10,6.25,6.40,9.55,7.10,7.25,7.40,7.55 *8.ioa. m_., 
then every 15 minutes until 11.00 p. m. Return, via 
Cabot .Street 6.10, 6.33, 6.47, 7.17, 7.47, 8.17, *8.47 a. m., 
then every 30 minutes until 10.17, then 10.47, to stable 
only. Via Rantoul Street, 7.37, 8.07, *8.37 a. m., then 
every 30 minutes until 10.37, then 11.27 p. m., to stable 
only. 

Putnamville, 7.05, 8.05, *9.o5, then hourly until 10.05. 

Peabody, via Rantoul Street, 7.37, *8.o7, then every 30 min- 
utes until 10.37. Via Cabot Street 6. 10,6.33, 6.47, 7-i7i 
then every 30 minutes until 9.47, then 10.17, '°-47> *8.47- 

Danvers, 7.00, *9.oo a. m., then hourly until 10.00 p.m. Re- 
turn 6.30, *8.3o then hourly until 9.30. 

Beverly Cove, 6.15,6.50, *7.2o, 8.00, 9. 11, 10. 11, then hourly 
until II. II p. m. Return, 6.30, 7.00, *7.3o, 8.30, then 
hourly until 11.30. 

Essex, Ipswich, and Gloucester, 7.00, *8.oo, then every 30 
minutes until 9.30 p. m., (10.00 p. m. to Essex and 
Ipswich), (11.00 to Essex). Return, leave Gloucester 
same time. 

§Ipswich, (Burnham's Corner) 6.10 a. m., *7.io, then every 30 
minutes until 10.10 p. m. Return, leave Ipswich for 
Gloucester and Beverly, 7.00, *8.oo then ever>' 30 minutes 
until 9.30 (10.00 to Beverly), (10.30, 11.00 to Essex Falls.) 

Rockport and Pigeon Cove, 6.07 a. m., them every 30 minutes 
until 10.37, *8.07. Return, leave Pigeon Cove 6.22, then 
every 30 minutes until 11.22, *8.52. 

East Gloucester or Rocky Neck, 6.37 a. m., then every 30 minutes 
until 12.15, then every 15 mmutes until 8.15 p. m., *8.07. 
Return, 5.45, 6.30, then every 30 minutes until 10.10, 
*7.28, *8.oo. 

fRiverdale, Annisquam, Bay View and Lanesville, 5.30, 6.15, 
7.00, 7.45, 8.30, then every 45 minutes until 10.45; Sun- 
days, 7.15, 8.00, then every 45 minutes until 10.15. Leave 
Riverdale 16 minutes later. Return, leave Lanesville 6.15, 
6.50,7.45, then every 45 minutes until 11.00. Sundays, 
8.00, then every 45 minutes until 11.30. 

Long Beach, 7.00 a. m., then every 45 minutes until 8.07. Cars 
run every 15 minutes between these points on pleasant 
days. 



♦First car Sunday. fExtra cars are run on pleasant days making a car every 22^^ 
minutes. ^Centre Street. §A line will probably be in operation about August ist, from 
Ipswich to Georgetown and ^fewburypo^t via Rowley. 



DERRAH'S STREET RAILWAY GUIDE. 



41 



BOSTON TO NASHUA, N. H., 

Via Wakefield, Reading and Lowell, 



TRUNK-LINE AND BRANCHES. 







Mileage. 


Rate of Fare 


Run'g 


Time 






C M 




c iX 




C ui' 






From 


To 


v a 

is 


c 


1% 


si 


u 


c 
6S 








V 2 


2S 


u S 


ss 


« 2 


ss 








n:/2 


feW 


mc/: 


fePQ 


CEc/2 


tiPa 
















HrMin 


HrMin 




Boston, 


Everett, 




^A 




5 




39 




Everett, 


Chelsea, 
Revere, 










10 








Maiden, 


I 


e% 


5 


5 


22 


59 




Maiden, 


Chelsea, 


3>^ 




5 




15 




, 




Medford, 


2X 




5 




30 






, 


Winchester, 


5/2 




15 








■0 
c 




No. Woburn, \ 
via Medford J 


io)4 








I 00 




a 






10 








"S 

■* 




Saugus Centre, 


6 




10 




38 




s 




Franklin Park, 


3 




5 




20 








Cliftondale, 


4 




5 




30 




4> 




East Saugus, 


5/2 




10 




37 




S 




Lynn, 


9 




10 




53 




2 




Revere, 


s'A 




10 




40 




z 




Beachmont, 


7 




10 




47 




^ 




Arlington via ") 
Winchester j 


8^ 




20 




57 




V 

E 

1 




Woburn, via ) 
Medford, J 


8 




10 




45 




Melrose 


Melrose } 
Highlands, / 


3 


9A 


5 


10 


12 


I II 





Highlands, 


Chelsea, 
Stoneham, 
Woburn, 
Saugus Centre, 
East Saugus, 
Lynn, 


2>^ 

6 
3 

7 




5 
10 

5 

10 
10 




22 
45 
15 
22 

45 




u. 




Wakefield, 


3 


i^A. 


5 


15 


15 


I 26 




Wakefield, 


Arlington via "1 
Winchester ) 
Stoneham, 
Winchester, 
North Saugus, 


83/ 

sA 
2^ 




10 

5 
10 

5 




55 

15 

35 
15 







4± 



DERRAH'S STREET RAILWAY GUIDE 



BOSTON TO NASHUA, N. H., 

Via Wakefield, Pleading and Lowell. 
Continued. 



TRUNK-LINE AND BRANCHES. 





To 


Mileage. 


Rate of Fare 


Run'gTimc 




From 






Si = 
^•2 




c J, 

11 










u2 


S3 


t;H 


es 


u S 


2S 








m-yi 


feca 


CQw 


fanW 


COM 


fePQ 
















HrMin 


HrlWm 




Wakefield, 


Lynnfield, 

Lynn, 

So. Peabody, 

Salem, 


9 

13 




10 

5 




30 

54 

45 

I 15 








Reading, 


3 


i5>< 


5 


15 


15 


I 41 




Reading, 


Arlington via \ 
Stoneham, / 


9X 




10 




I 00 




■0 




Stoneham, 


3 




5 




20 




c 

03 




Woburn, 


5 




5 




30 




fO 

■* 




Winchester, \ 
via Stoneham ) 


6 




10 




40 




be 

m 




Medford, via \ 
Woburn, J 














a 




13 




15 




I 00 




1 




Medford, via ^ 














ID 




Stoneham, ■ 


10 




15 




55 






z 




Winchester, j 














8) 




Wilmington, 


5>^ 


21 


5 


20 


29 


2 10 


4> 

E 


■Wilmington, 


Billerica Centre, 


rA 


28>^ 


10 


30 


38 


2 48 


Billerica Centre, 


No. Billerica, 


2 


30>^ 


5 


35 


15 


3 01 


H 


No. Billerica, 


LoTvell, 


4 


34 J'^ 


5 


40 


16 


3 22 


5 


Nowell, 


Tyngsborough, 

Chelmsford ) 

Centre, J 


7 




10 




45 




9> 




5 




5 




30 




£ 




Wigginsville, 


2 




5 




15 








Tewksbury, 


z% 




5 




30 








Collinsville, 


zYa 




5 




22 








No.Chelms- \ 
ford, / 


4X 




5 




30 








Pawtucketville, 


2 




5 




20 








Dracut or ^ 
















Dracut or ^ 


Lakeview \ 


5 


39;^ 


5 


45 


25 


3 47 




Lakeviev^ 


Park. J 
















Park, } 


Nashua, N. H. 


9 


48>^ 


15 


60 


47 


4 34 





DERRAH'S STREET RAILWAY GUIDE. 



43 



TIME-TABLE. 



Boston to Nashua, N. H. 



Cars Leave 



Soston 

rialden 

lelrose Highlands 

kVakefield 

Reading 

Billerica Centre . ■ ■ 

Wakefield 



Lowell 



Stoneham.. 
Winchester 
Reading — 



Everett and Maiden, about every 5 minutes. 

Melrose and Melrose Highlands, 5 minutes of and 25 past hour. 

Return, 15 minutes of and 15 minutes past the hour. 
Wakefield, 6.45 a. m., then every 30 minutes until 11.15 p.m. 

Return 6.00 a. m., then every 30 minutes until 11.00 p. m. 
Reading, 6.00 a. m., then every 30 minutes until 11.00 p. m. 

Return, 6.15 a. m., then every 30 minutes until 11. 15 p. m. 
Billerica Centre, 7.15 a. m., then every 30 minutes until 7.15 

p. m., then 8.15 and 9.15. Return 8.15, a. m., then every 

30 minutes until 8.15 p. m., then 9.15 and 10.15. 
Lowell, 5.40, 7.15, 7.45, *8.i5 a. m., then every 30 minutes until 

10.15 P- ™- Return 4.55, 6.30, 7.00, *7.30, then every 30 

minutes until 10.15 P- "•• 
Stoneham, 5.30 a. m., then every 30 minutes until 11.00 p. m. 

Return 5.45 a. m., then every 30 minutes until 11.15 P- ^^ 
North Saugus 6.00 a. m., then every 30 minutes until 10.00 

p. m. Return 6.45, 7.15 a. m., then every 30 minutes 

until 10.45 P- n^- 
Lynnfield, 6.30, 7.30,8.30, then every 30 minutes until 9.30 p. ni. 

Return 6.30, 7.30, 8.30, 9.30, then every 30 minutes until 

10.30 p. m. 
So. Peabody, 6.30, 7.30, 8.30, 9.30, then every 30 minutes until 

10.00 p.m. Return 6.15, 7.15, 8.15, 9.15, then every 30 

minutes until 10.15 p. m. 
Winchester, 5.20, 5.50, 6.20, 7.35 a. m., then every 30 minutes 

until 10.35 P- ™- Return one hour later. 
Arlington, 5.40, 6.10, 6.40, 7.10, 7.55, then every 30 minutes 

until 10.55 p. m. Return 20 minutes later. 
Woburn, 6.15 a. m., then hourly until 1.15 p. m., then every 30 

minutes until 9.15, 10.15 p.m. Return 6.45 a.m., then 

hourly until 1.45 p. m., then eyery 30 minutes until 9.45, 

then 10.45 P- ro- 
Stoneham, 5.00, 5.30, 6.00, 6.30, 7.15, then every 30 minutes 

until 10.15. Return 6.40, 7.10, 7.40, 8.10, 8.55, 9.25, 

then every 30 minutes until 11.55. 
Chelmsford Centre, 5.15, 5.35, 6.15, 6.35, *8.o5, then every 30 

minutes until 10.35 p. m. Return 30 minutes later, *8.35. 

Wigginsville, 5.26, 6.04, 6.24, 6.36, then 6.21, 36 and 51 minutes 

past houruntil 10.51 p. m.,then ii.io. *8.o6. Return 5.45, 

6.04,6.24, 6.52, then 7.22,37 and 52 minutes past hour 

until 10.52, *8.22. 
Tewksbury, 5.20, 6.24, 7.06, then every 30 minutes until 10.36, 

*8.o6. Return 5.50, 7.07, then every 30 minutes until 

10.36 p. m., *8.36. 
Nashua, N. H., 6.20, *7.35, then every 30 minutes until 10.20 

p. m. Return 6.35, *8.05, then every 30 minutes until 

10.35 P- m- 



*First car Sunday. 



44 



DERRAH'S STREET RAILWAY GUIDE. 



TIME-TABLE. 



Boston to Nashua, N. H. — Continued. 



Cars Leave 



Lowell 



Hedford 



Collinsville, 6.00, 6.20, 6.35, 6.50, *7.50, then«very 30 minutes 
until 10.50 p. m., tio.50, fii.io. Return 5.40, 6.25, 6.52, 
7.27, *8.27, then every 30 minates until 10.27, to-S5 P- "i- 

Tyngsboro, 6.00, 6.55, 7.27 a. m. *8.o7, then every 40 minutes 
until 12.47, 1-17. then every 30 minutes until 10.47 p. m. 
Return 5.40, 6.20, 6.57 a. m., then every 40 minutes unli 
12.57, then 1.32, then every 30 minutes until 10.32. 

No, Chelmsford, 6.00, ,6.30, 6.55, 7.07, *8.o7, then every 20 
minutes until 12.47, 1.02, then every 15 minutes until 
10.47. Return 5.55, 6.37, 6.57, then every 20 minutes 
until 1. 17, 1.32, then every 15 minutes until 10.47. 

Pawtucketville, 5.40, 6.00, 6.16, 6.36,6.52, *7.oo then 12, 22 and 

52 minutes past the hour until 10.52 p. m., then 11. 15. 

Return 5.58,6.18, 6.34,6.54, 7.12, *7. 15, then 12, 32 and 

52 minutes past the hour until 10.52 p. m. 
North_ Woburn, via Winchester and Woburn, leave Medford 

6.30, g.oo a. m., then every 30 minutes until 10.00 p. m. 

Return leave North Woburn 5.45 a. m.,*8. 15, then every 

30 minutes until 9.45, tio.15 p.m. 



*First car Sunday. 



tSaturdays only. 



JTo Winchester only. 




*Tr» 



A. 



PTr» 




j»m 6)(S ^^"'i^ 



Insurance 



^ggg^a^^p^^ 



p^ 



Illby Street, Bostoi 



DERRAH'S STREET RAILWAY GUIDE. 



45 



LOWELL TO SALISBURY BEACH 

Via Lawrence and Haverhill. 



TRUNK LINE AND BRANCHES. 







Mileage. 


Rate of Fare 


Run'gTimej 






C M 




C m 




a J. 






rem 


To 


IB 

V 2 


si 


v 5 


6 % 
2I 




il 








mco 


fcj 


mm 


faj 


«t/2 


bh-) 
















HrMin 


HrMin 




^owell, 


Lawrence, 




10 




15 




I GO 




!^awrence, 


Andover, 


4 




5 




30 








No. Andover, 


4 




5 




30 




In 




Methuen, 


2 




5 




20 




■0 




Haverhill, 


9>^ 


I9>^ 


10 


25 


I 00 


2 00 


C 
93 


-laverhill, 


Ward Hill, 


3 




5 




18 




« 

■♦ 




Groveland, 


3>^ 




5 




22 




& 




So. Groveland, 














^ 




Georgetown, 


S'A 




10 




40 




Oi 




West Newbury, 


e/z 




10 




37 




V) 




Newburyport, 


13 




20 




I 08 




V 




Plum Island, 


17 




25 




I 45 




03 




Merrimac, 


6 


25>^ 


10 


35 


45 


2 45 


H 


Werrimac, 


Newburyport, 


9 




20 




I 00 








*Plum Island, 


12 




25 




I 30 




(I 




* Newbury, 


12 




25 




I 55 








Amesbury, 


4/2 


30 


10 


45 


30 


3 15 


■5 

■s 


A-mesbury, 


Newburyport, 


5 




10 




35 




V 






*Newbury, 


9 




15 




I 00 








*Plum Island, 


8 




15 




I 15 




(£ 




tHamp'n Falls, 


8 




10 




40 






Salisbury, 


Salisbury, 

Newburyport, 
*Newbury, 
*Plum Island, 
Seabrook, 
Hampton Falls 
Hampton, 
Hamp'n Beach 
Exeter, 


4 
2 

4 

7 

3>^ 

5/2 

8 

15 


34 


5 

5 

5 

15 

5 

10 
10 

15 
20 


50 


30 

15 

30 
I 00 

17 
27 
40 
52 
I IS 


3 45 






Salisbury Beach, 


iM 


36;i 


5 


55 


15 


4 00 





*Change cars at Newburj-port. 

fThis line will be in operation about June 15, running through to Hampton, 
Hampton Beach and Exeter, N. H. 



46 



DERRAH'S STREET RAILWAY GUIDE. 



TIME-TABLE. 



Lowell to Salisbury Beach. 



Cars Leave 



Lowell 



Lawrence. 



Haverhill 



nerrimac . 



Amesbury 



Lawrence, 5.25, 6.15, 7.00, then every 30 minutes until 10.30 
p. m., *7.oo. Return 5.25, 6.15, 7.00, then every 30 
minutes until 10.30, *7.oo. 

Andover, 5.50, 6.40, 7.15, a. m., then every 30 minutes until 
11.45, ii-55> then every 20 minutes until 10.35, P- ni. 
*8.45. Return at 5.45, then from Seminary Hill, 6.20, 7.15, 
then every 30 minutes until 12.15, '2.30, 12.50, i.io, 1.30, 
then every 20 minutes until 10.30 p. m. *9.i5. 

No. Andover, 5.50 a. m., then every 20 minutes until 10.30 
p. m., *8.3o. Return 5.45, 6.20, then every 20 minutes 
until 10.00 p. m., *9.oo. 

Methuen, 5.30 a. m., then every 20 minutes until 11.30, then 

every 10 minutes until 8.50 p. m., then every 20 mmutes 

until 10.35, *6-5o. Return 20 minutes later. 
Haverhill, 6.00, 7.00, then every 30 minutes until 10.30, *7.oo. 

Return 6.00, 7.00, then every 30 minutes until 10.30, *7.oo. 
Ward Hill, 6.10, 6.42, 7.17, then every 30 minutes until 10.17, 

*7.47. Return 6.30, 7.05, then every 30 minutes until 

10.35, *8.o5. 
So. Groveland, 6.30, then every 30 minutes until 10.30, *8.3o. 

Return 6.15 a. m., then every 30 minutes until 10.15, 

*8.i5. 

Georgetown, 6.30, then every 30 minutes until 10.30, *8.3o, 
Return 6.00, then every 30 minutes until 10.00, *8.oo. 

Groveland Bridge, Groveland, 5.08, 6.00, 6.08, 6.45, 7.08, then 
every 30 minutes until 10.38, *7.o8, 7.00. 

West Newbury, 5.08, 5. 08, then hourly until 12.08, then every 30 
minutes uutil 10.38, *7.o8. Return 6.15 from Town Hall 
West Newbury, then hourly until 1.15, then every 30 
minutes until 11. 15, *8.i5. 

Newburyport, via Peoples line, 5.08, then hourly until 12.08 

then every 30 minutes until 10.08 p. m.,*7.o8. Return 5.45, 

then hourly until 12.45, then every 30 minutes until 10.45 

*7-45- 
Newburyport, via (H. & A.) 7.00 a. m., then every 30 minutes 

until 8.30 p. m. , *8.oo. Return same time. 
Merrimac, 7.00 a. m., then every 30 minutes until 11.00 p. m., 

*8oo. Return 6.15, and then every 30 minutes until 

10.15 P- n*-. *7-i5' 
Newburyport, 6.15, then every 30 minutes until 9.15, *7.i5. 

Return 7.00, then every 30 minutes until 10.30, *8.oo. 

Amesbury, 6.15, then every 30 minutes until 9.45 p. m.,*7.i5. 

Return 30 minutes later. 
Newburyport, 6.45 then every 30 minutes until 9.45 p. m. *7.45. 

Return 7.00, then every 30 minutes until 10.30 p. m. *8.oo. 

Salisbury, 6.45, then every 30 minutes until 10.15 P- "i-. *7-4S' 
Return 7.10, 7.40, then every 30 minutes until 10.40, *8.io. 



♦First car Sunday, 



DERRAH'S STREET RAILWAY GUIDE. 47 

TIME-TABLE. 



Lowell to Salisbury Beach — Continued. 



Cars Lea\e 



Salisbury 



Newburyport 






Amesbury 1 Hampton Beach and Exeter, N. H., via Salisbury, Seabrook, 

Hampton Falls and Hampton on the hour and half hour. 
Return, leave Hampton and Exeter at the same time. 

Newburyport, 6.30, 7.10, then every thirty minutes until 10.10, 

*7.40. Return 7.00, 7.30, *8.oo, then every 30 minutes 

until 10.30. 
Salisbury Beach, 5.50, 6.30, 7.10, then every 30 minutes until 

9.40, *7.4o. Return 6.00, 6.45, 7.30, then every 30 minutes 

until 10.00, *8.oo. 
Plum Island, every 30 minutes after July ist. 
Newbury, Old Town, every 30 minutes. 
Hampton Beach and Exeter, N. H., via Salisbury, Seabrook, 

Hampton Falls and Hampton on the hour and half hour. 

Return leave Hampton Beach and Exeter for Newbury 

port at the same time. 



■ First t.ir Sunday. fThis line will be in operation about June ist. 



IC 



A Hurry Up" Call for Power 

COMES OFTEN ON 

NEW ENGLAND STREET RAILWAYS. 



New River Steam Coal 

Is a Quick and Economical Steam Producer. 



The Boston Elevated Railroad Co. use annually 1 00,000 Tons 

Of New River Steam Coal. New River is the favorite fuel among 
Electric Light and Power Stations in New England. 



C. H. SPRAGUE & SON, 

'-°"A""u:;=ro,x,« ^o kilby st., boston. 

OF New England. New England /gents. 



48 



DERRAH'S STREET RAILWAY GUIDE. 



BOSTON TO NEWPORT, R. L 

Via Brockton, Taunton and Fall River. 



TRUNK-LINE AND BRANCHES 





To. 


Mileage. 


Rate of Fare 


Run'gTimc 




From 




S2 


1-2 


c 
62 


u c 
^•2 


c 

£2 








5 2 


£S 


u 2 


2S 


X, 2 


2S 








PQc/5 


faDa 


Wc/3 


fcM 


pa:« 


fi-e 
















HrMin 


HrMin 




Boston, 


Neponsct, 




VA 




5 




43 




*Neponsct, 


Squantum, 


4 




5 




20 








Atlantic, 


y^ 


6 


5 


ID 


4 


47 




Atlantic, 


Wollaston, 


I 


7 


5 


10 


8 


55 


f<5 


Wollas'.on, 


Quincy, 


iX 


8X 


5 


ID 


8 


I 03 


■A 


Quincy, 


Hough's Neck, 


5 






5 




20 






So. Quincy, 


I 






5 




07 


a 




West Quincy, 


2>^ 






5 




20 


■0 




East Milton, 


zy 






5 




25 






§Mattapan, 














U3 




§Mil'nLwr. Mis 














4> 




Braintree, 


2 


loX 


5 


13 


14 


I 17 


be 


tBraintree, 


East Braintree, 


I 




5 




15 




a 




Weym'thLd'g 


2 




5 




12 




s 




South Braintree, 


2 


12K 


5 


13 


7 


I 24 


<*) 


South Braintree, 


Randolph, 


2 




5 




25 








Avon, 


rA 




ID 




40 




C9 




Holbrook, 


3 


16X 


5 


18 


21 


I 45 


H 


Holbrook, 


Brookville, 


2y2 


18X 


5 


23 


17 


2 02 


E 


Brookville, 


Montello, 


^% 


20X 


5 


28 


10 


2 12 


H 


Montcllc, 


Brockton, 


2 


22X 


5 


28 


14 


2 26 




Brockton, 


Brockton Ilt's. 


2>^ 




5 




20 




'5 




Stoughton, 


5X 




10 




35 




V 

■a 




Avon, 


4 




5 




30 




X. 




Randolph, 


6>4 




ID 




45 









E. Bridgewater 


6 




10 




45 








Abington, 


5 




10 




30 








Whitman, 


6 




5 




45 








JNo. Easton, 


aYa 




ID 




30 








South Easton, 


6 




10 




30 








No. Raynham, 


II 




15 




45 








Prattville, 


12 




15 




50 








Taunton, 


15% 




20 




I 00 







♦Through cars to Hingham & Nantasket Beach. fThrough cars to Bridgewater 
via South Weymouth, Rockland, Abington & Whitman. |This line connects with cars 
for Mansfield, Norton, etc. §This line will be in operation about June 20, 1899. 



DERRAH'S STREET RAILWAY GUIDE. 



49 



BOSTON TO NEWPORT, R. I. 

Via Brockton^ Taunton and Fall River. 
Continued. 





TRUNK-LINE AND BRANCHES. 












To 


Mileage. 


Rate of Fare 


Run' g Time 




From 


^•2 




§1 




II 


el 








S 2 


s s 


s « 


2 


u2 


« 

t; 








POtn 


fepa 


Wr/; 


faCO 


CQt/: 


feCQ 
















HrWin 


HrMin 




Brockton, 


Camp alio. 


1/2 


23K 


5 


28 


10 


2 36 




Campello, 


Clifton Heights, 


% 


24X 


5 


28 


03 


2 39 




Clifton Heights, 


"W. Bridgewater 


3 


27% 


5 


33 


12 


2 51 


• 


W. Bridgewater, 


Bridgewater, 


Z% 


30H 


5 


38 


10 


3 01 


i«5 
ID 


Bridgewater, 


Scotland, 


^% 


32X 


5 


43 


10 


3 " 


^ 


Scotland, 


Raynham, 


6 


38X 


5 


48 


30 


3 41 


C 


Raynham, 


Taunton, 


1% 


41H 


5 


53 


15 


3 56 




Taunton, 


Annawon Rock ) 
or Dighton, ( 


sy^ 




ID 




25 








Westville, 


2% 




5 




15 




10 




Rehoboth, 


9 




15 




36 




8 




Seekonk, 


i3'A 




20 




50 




eg 




Providence, 


n'A 




25 




I 15 




a 




East Taunton, 


4 




30 




30 








*Lakeville, 














<fl 




*Middleborough 














2 




Brittannia, Brit- ] 














09 




tanniaville or j. 


^H 




5 




15 




H 




Whittenton, 














V 

E 




Prospect Hill, , 
















Scadding Pond \ 


2^ 




5 




20 








Weir Village, 


iX 




5 




15 




■3 




Sabbatia Park, 


2K 




5 




20 




•a 




North Dighton, 


4 


ASH 


5 


58 


30 


4 26 





North Dighton, 


Berkeley, 


2 


AIYa 


5 


63 


ID 


4 36 


u. 


Berkeley, 


Dighton, 


2 


49K 


5 


68 


ID 


4 46 




Dighton, 


Somerset, 


3>^ 


53X 


5 


73 


20 


5 06 




Somerset, 


Pottersville, 


1/2 


saH 


5 


73 


5 


5 " 




Pottersville, 


Slades Ferry, 


2 


56K 


5 


73 


15 


5 26 




Slades Ferry, 


Bowensville, 


'A 


57;4 


5 


78 


03 


5 29 




Bowcnsville, 


Fall River, 


I 


58X 


5 


78 


07 


5 36 




FaU River, 


Border City Vil. 


2/8 




5 




15 








Globe Village, 


2 




5 




15 







*This line will probably be in operation about August, 1899. 



so 



DERRAH'S STREET RAILWAY GUIDE. 



BOSTON TO NEWPORT, R. L 

Via Brockton, Taunton and Fall River. 
Continued. 



TRUNK LINE AND BRANCHES. 





To 


Mileage. 


Rate of Fare 


Run' g Time 




From 


a J, 


c 

is 




c 

ss 

2S 

tmCO 


c J, 
u c 

1% 

u 2 
pa 03 


2S 
















HrMin 


HrMin 




Fall River. 


Notre Dame \ 

Cemetery, J 

Stafford Road "I 

Station, / 


3 




5 

5 




30 
15 




■a 

B 

eg 




Oak Grove Cem 


2 




5 




15 




■0 




Flint Village, 


2 




5 




10 




^* 




Watuppa Pond ) 
or No.Westport. ) 


2% 




5 




17 




s 




Westp't Factory ( 
or Lincoln Park, \ 


6% 




lO 




36 








No. Dartmouth ( 
or Smith's Mills, S 


loX 




15 




47 




to 

ft 
u 




New Bedford, 


^Va 




20 




I OS 




4) 

E 

2 




*Orphns Home 
*Lund's Cor. 
*Fairhaven, \ 
*F'tPhcenix, j 


14^ 
i8X 

2oX 




20 
20 

20 




I 20 
I 40 

I 25 






*0.\ford V'lgeor } 
Riverside Cem. \ 


22 




20 




I 25 




S 

■0 




*Howland Vil. 


22 




20 




I 2S 






u. 




*Mt. Pleasant, 


22 




20 




I 2S 






Tiverton, 

Portsmouth, 

Middletown, 


Tiverton, 
Portsmouth, 
Middletown, 
Newport, R. I. 


2^ 

4 

3X 


6i 
65 

72/3 

75^' 


lO 
5 
5 

5 


88 

93 
98 

I 03 


15 
25 
40 

15 


5 51 

6 16 

6 56 

7 II 





* To reach these points from Fall River it is necessary to change cars at New Bed- 
ford where a free transfer is issued. 



ROBERT H. DERRAH 



Anywhere 
In Eastern Massachusetts. 



113 Devonshire St., 
Boston. 



Makes a Specialty of 

TROLLEY PARTIES 



DERRAH'S STREET RAILWAY GUIDE. 



51 



TIME-TABLE. 



Boston to Newport^ R. L 



Cars Leave 



Boston,.. 
Neponset 

Qulncy ■ 



Bralntree 

South Braintree . 



Holbrook. 



Brockton ■ 



Neponset, about every 15 minutes. 

.Squantum at 6.30, then hourly until 8.30 p. m. Return 30 min- 
utes later. 

Quincy, via Atlantic and Wollaston at 6.20, 6.35, 6.55, then 
every 15 minutes until 11.35. Return 6.00, 6.15, 6.30, 
then every 15 minutes until 11. 15 p. m. 

East Weymouth, via North Weymouth, 5.45, 6.20, then every 

30 minutes until 10.50. Return 6.00, then every 30 

minutes until 11.30 p. m. 
Weymouth Landing, 5.30, 6.20, then hourly until 12.20 p. m., 

then 12.50, then hourly until 10.50. Return 5.50, then 

hourly until 12.50 p. m., then 1.20 and hourly until 11.20 

p. m. 
East Milton, 5.55, 6.25, then 5 minutes of, and 25 minutes past 

the hour, until g.25, then 10.50 a. m. Return 30 minutes 

later. 
Hough's Neck, 6.20, then hourly until 11.20 a. m., then 12.50 

p. m., then hourly until 9.50, then hourly until 10.45, 'hen 

I .20 p. ra., and hourly until g.20 p. m. 

South Quincy, 5.55, 6.40, 6.55, 7.25, then every 30 minutes until 
9.50P. m., then xo.50 p. m. Return 6.40, 7.10, then every 
30 minutes until 9.40 p. m., 10.40 and 11.40 p. m. 

West Quincy, same as South Quincy Return 6.35, 7.05, then 
every 30 minutes until g.35 p. m., then 10.35 ^"d 11.35. 

Braintree, 6.10, 6.40, then every 30 minutes until 10.10 p.m. 
Return 6.25, 6.55, then every 30 minutes until 11.25. 

South Braintree, at 6.25, 6.55, then every 30 minutes until 10.25 
p. m. Return 6.15, 6.45, then every 30 minutes until 
II. ij •). m. 

Holbrook, 5.35, 6.05, then every 30 minutes until 10.35 P- ™- 
Return 5.55, 6.25, then every 30 minutes until 10.55 P- ™- 

Randolph, and Avon or Highland Park. 

.South Weymouth. 

Brockton via Brookville and Montello, 6.05, 6.15, 6.25,6.55, 7.25, 
*7-55> then every 30 minutes until 10.25 p. m. Return 
5.20, 5.30, 5.5s, 6.25, *7.25, then every 30 minutes until 
9.55 p. m. 

Brockton Heights and Stoughton, 5.30, 5.45, *6.45, then every 
30 minutes until 10.45 P- "i. Return 6.00, 6.15, 6.45, 
*7.i5, then every 30 minutes until 11. 15 p. m. 

Randolph, 5.15, 5.35, 6.15, 6.45 a. m., *7.i5, then every 30 
minutes until 9.45 p. m. Return 6.00, 6.10, 6.20, 7.00, 
*8.oo, then every 30 minutes until 10.30 p. ra. 

ind Park, about every 10 minutes, '' 
car, 6.07, *7.i7, last car, 11.57 P- ™- 
Avon, 5.15, 5.25, 5.35, 5.38, 5.40,6.15, 6.35, 6.45, 7.05, *7.i5, and 
at least every 30 minutes until 10.45 P- "i- 



*Indicates first car on Sunday. 

Cars leaving Neponset 20 minutes past the hour go via Noroflk Downs, 
ing Quincy on the even hour go via Norfolk Downs. 



Cars leav- 



52 



DERRAH'S STREET RAILWAY GUIDE. 



TIME-TABLE. 



Boston to Newport, R. I. — Continued* 



Cars Leave 



Brockton. 



Taunton . 



tPall River. 



fEast Bridgewater, 6.40, 7.00, 7.40*8.30, then hourly until 
10.30 p. m. Return 6.00 and *8.oo, then every 30 minutes 
until 10.00 p. m. 

Abington, 6.00, *7.3o, then every 30 minutes until 10.30 p. m. 

Return same time. 
Whitman, 6.00, 6.15, 6.30 a. m., *7.30, then every 30 minutes 

until 10.30 p. m. Return 6.00, 6.30, *7.is, then every 30 

minutes until 10.30 p. m. 

North Easton, 5.45 a. m., *6.45, then every 30 minutes until 
10.4s p. m. Return 30 minutes later. 

Taunton, via South Easton, North Raynham and Prattville, 6.00 
a. m., then every 30 minutes until 9.00 p. m. *6.oo. Re- 
turn leave Taunton 6.00 a. m., then every 30 minutes 
^ntil 10.30 p. m., *7.oo. 

Campbello, every 10 minutes. 

jTaunton, via West Bridgewater, Scotland and Raynham, 6.40 
a. m., then every 30 minutes until 9.30 p. m., 10.00, 
10.30, 11.00, 11.30 to West Bridgewater. Return leave 
Taunton 6 50 a. m., then every 30 minutes until 10.20 p. 
m., 10.50. (11.20, 11.50 to Lake Neppconickit only.) 

Providence, via Rehoboth and Seekonk, 6.40 a. m., then every 
30 minutes until 9.50 p. m. Return leave Providence, 
7.05 a. m., then hourly until g.05 p. m. 

Fall River, via Berkeley, Dighton and Somerset, 5.15, 6.07, a.m. 
then hourly until 1.07, then every 30 minutes until 9.07 
p. m. Return leave Fall River 6.20, 7.30 a. m., then 
hourly until 1.30, then every 30 minutes until 9.30 p.m. 

East Taunton, 6.10, 6.15, 7.00, *8.3o then every 30 minutes until 
10.30 p. m. Return 5.45, 6.30 a. m. *8.oo, then 
every 30 minutes until 10.00 p. m 

Sabbatia Park, 7.00, then every 15 minutes until 11 p. m. Re- 
turn 15 minutes later. 

Whittenton, 5.30, *7.45, then every 30 minutes until 11.00. 

Brittanniaville, 5.45 a. m., *7.45, then every 30 minutes until 
10.30 p. m. Return 15 minutes earlier. 

New Bedford, via North Dartmouth and Westport, 5.50, 6.50, 
7.50 a. m., *8.2o, then every 30 minutes until 9.50 p. m., 
then 10.40. Return leave New Bedford 5.45, 7.05, 7.35 
a. m., then every 30 minutes until 10.35 p. m., *8.o5. 

Newport, R. I., via Tiverton, Portsmouth and Middletown, 
6.15, 6.45 a. m., *7.45, then every 30 minutes until 9.15 p. 
m. Return 7.15, 8.15, *8.i5 a. m., then every 30 minutes 
until 9.15 p. m. 

Border City Village, 5.55, 6.10, then every 10 minutes until 9.30, 
then every 15 mmutes until 11.30. Return 5.30, then 
every 10 minutes until 9.45, then every 15 minutes until 
10.45. 



* Indicates first car on Sunday. 
X All cars leave City Hall. 



t Take car at railroad station, Brockton. 



DERRAH'S STREET RAILWAY GUIDE. 



53 



TIME-TABLE. 



Boston to Newport, R. I. — Continaed. 



Cars Leave 



Fall River 

fNew Bedford . 



Notre Dame Cemetery, 5.55, 6.30, then every 30 minutes until 

12.00, then every 15 minutes until 8.00, then every 30 

minutes until 11.00. 
Oak Grove Cemetery, 5.25, 5.45, 5.55, 6.15, then every 15 min- 
utes until 11.00 p. m. Return 15 minutes later. 
Oak Grove Cemetery. 
Brooklawn Park and Lund's Corner, on the hour and every 10 

minutes. Return 5 minutes later. 
Marine Park, on the hour and every 10 minutes. Return 5 

mintues later. 
Mount Pleasant, 5 minutes past the hour and every 15 minutes. 

Return same time. 
Rockdale Ave. and Dartmouth St., 5 minutes past the hour and 

every 15 minutes. Return same time. 
Padanaram, 20 minutes past the hour and every 30 minutes. 

Return same time. 
Kempton St. & Buttonwood Park, 10 minutes past the hour 

and every 15 minutes. Return same time. 
Summer Street, 5 minutes past the hour and every 20 minutes. 

Return 10 minutes later. 
Fairhaven and Fort Phoeni.v, 5 minutes past the hour and every 

15 minutes. Return 8 minutes later. 
Oxford and Riverside Cemetery. On arrival of car from New 

Bedford at 15 minutes past the hour and every 15 minutes. 

Return 7 minutes past the hour and every 15 minutes. 



Nantasket Beach Steamboat Co. 



To reach 

the 

far-famed 



Nantasket Beach 



Take 

Steamers 

from 



ROWE'S WHARF 

Leaving nearly every thirty minutes during the day in the summer season from 6.20 
A.M. to 9.20 P.M. For time of trips see Boston daily papers and company's time tables, 

C. p. CUSHINC, General Manager, 



54 



DERRAH'S STREET RAILWAY GUIDE. 



BOSTON TO BROCKTON 

Via Quincy, Hingham and Rockland. 



TRUNK LINE AND BRANCHES. 





To. 


Mileage. 


Rate of Fare 


Run'g 


Time 




From 




c 
R2 


^.2 


(=2 


4) c 

^■2 










V B 


SS 


t; s 


2S 


u f« 


iiS 








fflr/i 


few 


ffi-x 


i^m 


paw 


fapa 
















HrMin 


HrMin 




Boston^ 


Neponset, 




.S>^ 




a 




43 




*Neponset, 


Quincy, 


2H 


8X 


5 


10 


20 


I 03 




Quincy, 


Quincy Point, 


IX 


9^2 


5 


13 


09 


I 12 


« 


Quincy Point, 
No, Weymouth, 


No. Weymouth, 


2 


II/2 


.S 


13 


14 


I 26 




Fort Point, 


I 




5 




07 








Bradley's 1^ 
Fertilizer, j 


I 




5 




10 








Hingham, 


3 


i4>^ 


5 


18 


20 


I 46 


u 


Hingham, 


Nantasket, 


.3 




5 




15 








East Weymouth, 


3 




S 




IS 




H 




Braintree, 


S 




10 




40 




E 




So. Hingham, 


2 


i6>^ 


5 


23 


15 


2 01 


So. Hingham, 


No. Hanover, 


3 


19/2 


.S 


28 


i,S 


2 16 




+No. Hanover, 


Rockland, 


5 


24 >^ 


5 


28 


15 


2 31 




Rockland, 


No. Abington, 
Abington via )^ 


2 




5 




10 




Q 

e 




No. Abington, ) 


4 




5 








u. 




Whitman via )^ 
No. Abington, J 


















6 




b 




3" 








Abington, 


2 


26;^ 


5 


33 


10 


2 41 




Abington, 


Brocfion, 


4 


30X 


5 


3« 


20 


3 01 





* A through line of cars are run from Neponset to Nantasket Beach without change, 
t Change cars for Assinippi. 



R. H. DERRAH 



n >ffffff»» w t»ftr 



Can take you by 

Special Trolley to any place reached by the Street Rail- 
ways mentioned in this Guide. 



No. U3 DEVONSHIRE STREET, BOSTON. 



DERRAH'S STREET RAILWAY GUIDE. 



55 



BOSTON TO BRIDGEWATER. 

Via Quincy, East "Weymouth, Rockland and Whitman. 



TRUNK LINE AND BRANCHES. 



"rom 



To 



Mileage. 






c 



Rate of Fare Run'gTime 



u c 
" o 



c 
t o 






SS 

2S 
fata 



« 

be 
« 
b 

01 

a 
H 
u 
E 



Boston, 
Neponset, 
Quincy, 
Quincy Point, 
No. Weymouth, 
E. Weymouth, 
Lovells Comer, 
So. Weymouth, 
* Rockland, 
Whitman, 
E. Bridgewater, 
Bridgcwater, 



Neponset, 

Quincy, 

Quincy Point, 

No. Weymouth, 

E. Weymouth, 

Lovells Corner, 

So. Weymouth, 

Rockland, 

Whitman, 

E. Bridgewater, 

Bridgewater, 

tMiddlel:)orough, 

tLakeville, 

tFreetown, 

tNew Bedford, 

Lund's Corner, 

Fairhaven, 











HrMin 




,S>^ 




5 




^M 


8X 


5 


10 


20 


iX 


9/2 


5 


13 


9 


2 


II/2 


5 


13 


14 


2/3 


14 


5 


18 


20 


I 


15 


S 


23 


7 


2K 


17/2 


5 


23 


20 


4K 


22 


5 


28 


25 


4 


26/2 


5 


33 


25 


3/2 


30 


5 


3« 


15 


3/2 


33/ 
5 
10 

14 

20X 
26^ 
30>^ 


5 


43 

5 

10 

IS 
20 

25 

30 


15 



HrMin 

43! 

031 
12 



46 
53 
13 
38 

03 
18 

33 
20 

45 
00 

15 
30 
00 



♦Change f ir Assinippi. fThis line will be in operation about July loth. 



D 



ODQE, HALEY & CO. 



Street Railway and Contractors' 



Wholesale Iron, Steel, 
Heavy Hardware and 
Carriage Stock. 



Supplies. 



established 1840. 

218 High St., BOSTON, MASS. 



56 



DERRAH'S STREET RAILWAY GUIDE. 



TIME-TABLE. 



Boston to Brockton and Bridgfewatei*, via Hing;ham, 
So. Weymouth, and Rockland. 



Cars Leave 



Brockton. 



Nantasket Beach 



Neponset. 



Nantasket Beach 
Braintree 



Bridgewater • 



Rockland 

Whitman 

Hingham 

5o. Weymouth 



Nantasket Beach via Abington, Rockland and Hingham at 
6.30 a. m., then every 30 minutes until 8.00 p. m. 

Abington, 20 minutes later. 
Rockland, 30 minutes later. 

Brockton via Hingham, Rockland and Abington at 7.00 a. m. 
then every 30 minutes until Q.30 p. m. 

Hingham, 20 minutes later. 

Rockland, one hour later. 

Abington, one hour 10 minutes later. 

Nantasket Beach via Hingham at 7.00 a. m., then every 30 min- 
utes until 8.00 p. m. 

Hingham, one hour later. 

Neponset, 7.00 a. m., then every 30 minutes until 9.30 p. m. 

Hingham, 25 minutes later. 

Bridgewater via Weymouth, So. Weymouth, Rockland, Abing- 
ton and Whitman at 6.30 a, m., then every 30 minutes 
until 7.30 p. m. 

Weymouth, 10 minutes later. 

So. Weymouth, 30 minutes later. 

Rockland, 45 minutes later. 

Whitman, one hour later. 

Braintree via Whitman, Rockland, So. Weymouth and Wey- 
mouth at 6.30 a. m., then every 30 minutes until 7.30 p. m. 

Whitman, 45 minutes later. 

Rockland, one hour later. 

So. Weymouth, one hour 20 minutes later. 

Weymouth, one hour 40 minutes later. 

Whitman via No. Abington at 6.00 a. 111.., ih^ 

utes until 10.00 p. m. 
No. Abington, 10 minutes later. 

Rockland, 6.30 a. m., then every 30 minutes until 10.00 p. m. 
No. Abington, 20 minutes later. 
Nantasket Beach, 6.30 a. m., and every 30 minutes until 9.30 p.m. 

Return at 6.55, 7.30 a. m., then every 30 minutes until 

9.00 a. m., then every 15 minutes until 9.00 p. m. 
Braintree, 6.15 a. m., then every 30 minutes until 10.15 p. m. 

Return at 7.00a. m., then every 30 minutes until 9.30 p. m. 
E. Weymouth, 6.45, then every 30 minutes until 9.15 p. m.. 

Return 7.153. m., then every 30 minutes until 9.45 p. m. 



en every 30 



min- 



DERRAH'S STREET RAILWAY GUIDE. 



57 



BOSTON TO DEDHAM. 

Via Hyde Park. 



TRUNK LINE AND BRANCHES. 







Mileage. 


Rate of Fare 


Run'g Time 


% 




C w 








a m 




■o 


From 


To 


u 


c 
f=2 


^.2 


c 
f=2 




c 


c 
a 






ts 


2o 


u « 


es 


S S 


,iiS 


o» 






mc/3 


bPQ 


paw 


fopa 


fQW 


oi n 


<fl 














HrMin 


HrMin 




Boston, 


Forest Hills, 




4J^ 




S 




40 


V 


Forest Hills, 


Mount Hope, 


I 


5^ 


S 


10 


06 


46 


^ 


Mount Hope, 


Clarendon Hills, 


1/2 


7 


5 


10 


OS 


SI 


S 


Clarendon Hills, 


Hazelwood, 


H 


7K 


5 


10 


03 


S4 




Hazelwood, 


Hyde Park, 


% 


8 


5 


ID 


05 


59 


V 


•Hyde Park, 


Readville, 


I 




S 




07 




H 




tMattapan, 


2 




s 




12 




H 




tMilt.Low.Falls 


V/z 








26 




?5 




East Dedham, 














■0 


East Dedham, 


Dedham, 




II 


s 


10 




I 24 






*Free transfers to Readville, Mattapan and Milton Lower Mills and visa versa. 

fA line will be in operation about June 20, running from these points to Quincy 
and Randolph. 

American Loan 



AND 



Trust Company, 

EXCHANGE BUILDING, 

53 State Street, Boston. 



Capital, $1,000,000.00 

Surplus Earnings, 622,000.00 



8. E. PEABODY, 

PRESIDENT. 



N. W. JORDAN, 

VICE-PRESIDENT, 



E. A. COFFIN, 

TREASURER. 



C. H. BOWEN, 

SECRETARY. 



G. W. AURYANSEN, 



ASST. SECRETARY. 



58 



DERRAH'S STREET RAILWAY GUIDE. 



BOSTON TO PROVIDENCE 

Via Dedham, Walpole and Mansfield. 



TRUNK-LINE AND BRANCHES. 





To 


Mileage. 


Rate of Fare 


Run'gTime 




From 


Sp- 


s 




c 


ss 


c 








%-B 


s^ 


>.2 


62 


^2 


62 








V s. 


2 o 


ss 


£S 


S2 


22 








mm 


fcpa 


Mrr 


cx^aa 


Kt/: 


t.M 
















ni Id. II 


i.l iil'i 




Boston, 


Forest Hills, 




^y^ 




5 




40 




Forest Hills, 


Central, 
Highland, 
WestRoxbury, 
Spring Street, 
Germantown, 
East Dedham, 
Oakdale, 
*Needham, 


2 

3 

^% 
6 

8 




5 
5 
5 
5 
5 
5 
5 
10 




II 
18 
20 
22 

25 
30 
35 
45 








Roslindale, 


iX 


SH 


5 


10 


08 


48 


d 


Roslindale, 


Germantown, 


2X 


8X 


5 


10 


15 


I 03 


« 


Germatown, 


Dedham, 


I 


9% 


5 


10 


07 


I 10 


C 


Dedham, 


Westwood, 


5 




5 




20 








Medfield, 


ID 




ID 




40 




10 




Norw^ood, 


4 


I3X 


5 


15 


36 


I 46 




Norwood, 


East Walpole, 


2 


I5X 


5 


15 


II 


I 57 


a 




Walpole, 


\% 


^TA 


5 


20 


20 


2 17 


u 


Walpole, 


East Walpole, 


3 




5 




15 




» 




South Walpole, 


2 


i9H 


5 


25 


ID 


2 27 


1 


South Walpole, 


North Foxboro, 


2>'2 


22% 


5 


25 


15 


2 42 




North Foxboro, 


Foxboro, 


2 


24 X 


5 


30 


10 


2 52 


H 


Foxboro, 


Wrentham, 


2 




5 




10 




•1> 

E 




Mansfield, 


4 


28 X 


5 


30 


20 


3 12 


P 


Mansfield, 


Furnace Village 


6X 




10 




30 




*CS 




Iiiorth Easton, 


lOj^ 




15 




45 




tJ 




Brockton, 


15 




25 




I 15 




•a 




Norton, 


5>^ 


33K 


10 


40 


25 


3 37 





Norton, 


NortonFurnace 
Taunton, 
Chartley, 


4 

^% 

2K 




5 
10 

5 




15 
35 
15 






Chartley, 


Attleboro, 


9A 


39>^ 


10 


50 


25 


4 02 




Attleboro, 


North Attleboro 
riainville, 


4 
6 




5 

ID 




30 
45 








DodgeviUe, 


2>2 


44 


5 


55 


10 


4 12 




DodgeviUe, 


Lebanon Mills, 


4 


48 


5 


60 


20 


4 32 




Lebanon Mills, 


Pawtucket, 


i;^ 


49>^ 


5 


60 


10 


4 42 




Pawtucket, 


Providence, 


4 


53X 


5 


65 


30 


5 12 





♦This line will be in operation about July ist, iSgg. 



DERRAH'S STREET RAILWAY GUIDE. 



59 



TIME-TABLE. 



Hyde Park^ Dedham, Mansfield, Providence 
and Branches. 



Cars Leave 



Forest Hills. 



Dedham . 



Hyde Park 

Norwood . . 
Mansfield ■ 

Norton — 



Dedham via Clarendon Hill and Hyde Park, 6.00 a. m., then 
every 15 minutes until 7.45 p. m., then every 30 minutes 
until 11.45 P- !"■> then 12.10. Return at 5.40, 6.00, 6.:io 
a. m., then every 15 minutes until 8.00 p. m., then every 
30 minutes until 11.30 p. m. 

Readville via Clarendon Hill and Hyde Park, 6.00 a. m., then 
every 30 minutes until 10.30 p. m. Return 6.30, then 
every 30 minutes until 11.00 p. m. 

Oakdale via Roslindale, Highland, Spring St., and West Rox- 
bury at 5.45 a. m., then every 30 minutes until 12.15 P-m., 
12.55, then every 30 minutes until 11.25 P- ■"■. then 12.05. 
Return at 5.25 a. m., then every 30 minutes imtil 12.25, 
1.05 p. m., then every 30 minutes until 11.35 p. m. 

tCharles River (Spring St.; via Roslindale, Central, Highland 
and West Roxbury, 5.45 a. m., then every 30 minutes 
until II. 15 p. m. Return 6.10 a. m., then every 30 min- 
utes until 11.40 p. m. 

Westwood Park and E. Walpole, vii Roslindale, Germantown 
and Dedham, 5.30 a. m., then every 30 minutes imtil 1.30, 
then every 15 minutes until 8.30, then every 30 minutes 
until 11.30 p. m. , *7.oo. 

Westwood and Medfield, 6.00 a. m., then every 30 minutes until 

11.00 p. m., then 11.40. Return at 5.45 a, m., then every 

30 minutes until 10.45 P- ■"• 
Mattapan & Milton Lower Mills, 6.45 a. m., then every 30 

minutes until 7.45 p. m. Return at 6.00 a. m., then every 

30 minutes until 7.30 p. m. 

Forest Hills, 5.30 p. m., then every 30 minutes until 1.30 p. m., 
then every 15 minutes luitil 8.30, then every 30 minutes 
until 11.30 p. m. 

East Walpole via Westwood Park and Norwood at 6.00 a. m., 
then every 30 minutes until 10.30 p. m. 

JMattapan and Milton Lower Mills, 5.37 a. m., then every 30 
minutes until 8.07 p. m., 8. 21, then every 30 minutes until 
10.21 p. m., then 11.07 P- "i- Return at 6.00 a. m., then 
every 30 minutes until 11.30 p. m. 

Walpole, Foxboro and Mansfield on the hour and half-hour. 

Taunton via Norton at 5.30, then hourly until 10.30 p. m. Re- 
turn 6,15 a. m., then hourly until 10.15 P- "'■ 

North Easton, 15 minutes before the hour and then hourly. 
Return same time. 

Attleboro, 5.30 a. m., then hourly until 11.30 p. m. 

Mansfield, 5.00 a. m., then hourly until 11.00 p. m. 

Taunton, at 5.00 a. m., then every 30 minutes until 11.00 p. m. 



f The line from Charles River to Needham will be in operation about July ist. 

X A line will be in operation about June 20th running from these points to East Milton 
there connecting with the Quincy & Boston, and to Randolph connecting with the Brock- 
ton Street Railway. 



6o 



DERRAH'S STREET RAILWAY GUIDE. 



TIME-TABLE. 



Hyde Park, Dedham, Mansfield, Providence and 
Branches — Continued. 



Cars Leave 

Taunton 

No. Attleboro . . 

Attleboro 



FOR 



Attleboro, 5.45 a. m., then hourly until 10.45 P- ^^ 

Pawtucket via So. Attleboro, 5.20 a. m., then every 30 minutes 
until 10.50 p. m. Return 6.05 a. m., then every 30 min- 
utes until 11.35 P- '^• 

Pawtucket and Providence, via Dodgeville and Lebanon Mills, 
5.20 a. m., then every 30 minutes until 12.05 midnight. 
Return at 5.20 a. m., then every 30 minutes until 11.20 
p. m. 

Plainville via No. Attleboro at 5.35 a. m., then every 30 miuutes 
until 11.15 p. m. Return at 6.10, 6.40, 7.20, 8.00 a. m., 
then every 30 minutes until 12.00 midnight. 



Picturesque 

BUILDING LOTS 

AT 

Oakhurst. 



(OAKHURST MEANING OAK HOME.) 



This is the most desirable property in the State of Massachusetts; ten miles 
.southwest of the State House and accessible to Boston by steam and electrics, high, 
dry, and healthful, pure air and water. The Needham & Boston Street Railway, of 
which company Mr. Hicks is President, passes through a boulevard built by him on 
this property connecting Needham with the Spring Street Station on the Providence 
Railroad. 

We are building a delightful suburban neighborhood for intelligent, refined and 
progressive citizens. This property is very carefully restricted in its title deeds. 
Address, 

C. ATHBRTON HICKS, 



Telephone 
870 Haymarket, 



Civil Engineer and J^andscape Architect. 

501 Tremont Building, Boston. 



DERRAH'S STREET RAILWAY GUIDE. 



6l 



BRANCH LINES FROM PROVIDENCE. 











Running Time. 


From 


To 


Mileage. 


Rate of 
Fare. 
















Hrs. 


Min. 


Providence, 


Arlington, 


2^ 






22 




Attleboro, 


12 


15 




40 




Auburn, 


S>^ 






35 




Cranson, 


2/2 






20 




Centredale, 


5 


ID 




30 




Dodgeville, 


9 






50 




Dyerville, 


3 






25 




Edgewood, 


4 






23 




East Providence, 


2^ 






12 




E. Providence Cen. 


6 1-6 






48 




Fox Point, 


I 1-6 


10 




15 




Hebronville, 


8 






45 




Lakewood, 


5^ 






40 




Lonsdale Station, 


3X 






25 




Merino, 


3 






25 




Manton, 


4K 






38 




Meshanticut Park, 


5K 


5 




39 




Mount Pleasant, 


2/2 






24 




N. Attleboro, 


12 


15 


I 1 30 




N. Attleboro \ 
via Attleboro, j 


i6>^ 


20 


I 


30 




Old Town, 


9 


10 




50 




Olneyville, 


2 






20 




Pawtucket, 


4 






25 




Plainville, 


14 


20 


I 


15 




Pawtuxet, 


4/V 






32 




Phillipsdale 


5^ 






48 




Riverside, 


7/ 


16 




50 




Riverpoint, 


'3 , 


15 




70 




Roger Williams Prk 


aH 






25 




Rocky Hill, 


sK 






30 




South Attleboro, 


8 


10 




45 




Saylesville, 


2/2 






18 




Thornton, 


4H 






39 




Valley Falls, 


2 






16 




Wanskuck, 


3 






28 




Washington Park, 


3/s 






27 



Around Boston by Trolley. 



IN no better way can one see the sights of Bos- 
ton than by a trip on the electiic cars of the 
Boston Elevated Raihvay Company. For the 
small sum of ten cents it is possible to visit any part 
of the city and many of the suburbs. Some of the 
rides are long, and by making changes at the free 
transfer stations of the company, at Park street in the 
Subway, at Dudley Street, Roxbury Crossing, Broad- 
way in South Boston, Harvard Square and Craigie 
Bridge in Cambridge or Sullivan Square in Charles- 
town, a great variety of trips is possible for this small 
sum. The electric car rides are becoming more pop- 
ular every year, as a greater number of people come 
to know the pleasure of travelling in this fashion, 
while trolley trips by parties on special cars, form a 
delightful method of combining amusenient and in- 
struction. It is impossible, in the limits of a few pages, 
to give more than a brief outline of what may be seen 
on these trolley trips on the cars of the Boston Ele- 
vated Railway. Reference to the tables on Page 22 
and following, will show where one may take a car 
for any point in the city. P^or the benefit of those who 
wish to make these cheapest of all excursions, or who 
wish to show visiting friends the city, the following 
round trips, covering all the principal lines in the 
city, have been sketched. 



DERRAH'S STREET RAILWAY GUIDE. 63 

THROUGH BROOKLINE. Take a brown 
Reservoir car in the Subway, emerging at the Pubhc 
Garden, passing ArHngton street church on the right: 
then on Boylston street, past the Boston Museum of 
Natural History, and the Massachusetts Institute of 
Technology on the right; on the left, opposite, are the 
Boston Y. M. C. A. building and Hotel Brunswick. 
Entering Copley Square, Trinity Church, the Muse- 
um of Fine Arts and the Public Library are on the 
left, and the New Old South Church is opposite on 




BOSI'ON PUBLIC GARDENS. 



the right. At Exeter street, cars pass the Harvard 
Medical School on the left. Turning into Massachu- 
setts avenue, the Fenway is seen on the left. At Com- 
monwealth avenue, the view on the right is toward 
Beacon Hill, Public Garden and the Soldiers' Monu- 
ment on the Conmion; on the left are the Lief Erick- 
son statue and the Fens. At Beacon street, as the car 
turns. Harvard Bridge is on the right. On Beacon 
street, cars pass the Fens on the left, cross Common- 
wealth avenue, and leave Charles River Basin on the 





Boston 



Trinity Church. 



ife:v -r-AlW*',. 



DERRAH'S STREET RAILWAY GUIDE. 65 

right. The ride out Beacon street is between fine 
houses of many of Boston's wealthiest business men, 
to Coolidge Corner. From here cars run over Corey 
Hill, rising on the right, with a fine view of Brook- 
line on the left, passing the residences of Thomas W. 
Lawson and Eben D. Jordan on the right, and soon 
after, Beaconsfield Terrace apartment houses on the 
left, before reaching Reservoir station. The Reser- 
voir is a minute's walk, ahead. Cars run up to the 
Newton line, to connect with Commonwealth Avenue 
cars. Returning, a blue car marked Huntington 
avenue is taken, turning ofif at Washington street to 
the right, going through Brookline Village, past the 
Town Hall, crossing the Fenway, passing the House of 
the Good Shepherd on the left, then the circus grounds 
and on the right the Chutes. At Gainsborough Street 
the Children's Hospital is on the left, and after cross- 
ing Massachusetts avenue, the Exposition building of 
the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanics' Association 
is passed. Then the car runs through Copley Square, 
returning to the Subway. 

NE\A^TON, RETURNING VIA MT. AU- 
BURN. The Newton Commonwealth avenue car 
from the Subway goes over the same route as the 
Brookline car to Commonwealth avenue, then along 
that, with the Charles River on the right and the 
Speedway on the left. At Babcock street the Allston 
Golf Club grounds are on the right. Passing Brigh- 
ton with the old drovers' hotel on the right, the cars 
enter Nonantum Square, Newton. Here a change is 
made to a Watertown car for Bowdoin Square. The 
Charles River is crossed before entering Watertown. 
Then the car runs on Mount Auburn street, past 



66 DERRAH'S STREET RAILWAY GUIDE. 

Mount Auburn Cemetery. Entering Cambridge after 
leaving the cemetery, Elmwood, James Russell Low- 
ell's old home, is on the left, and after passing the 
Cambridge City Hospital on the right, Longfellow 
Park, the poet's old home and Washington's head- 
quarters, are on the left. Entering Harvard Square 
the Harvard College buildings are on the left. Pass- 
ing the Cambridge City Hall on the left, the car runs 
through the manufacturing district and crosses the 
Charles River by West Boston Bridge, with Harvard 
Bridge on the right and Craigie Bridge on the left. 
At the end of the Bridge, the Charles Street Jail is on 
the left. Passing through the old West End of Bos- 
ton, the terminus is at Bowdoin Square, near the 
Scollay Square entrance of the Subway. 

HARVARD COLLEGE. Taking any Har- 
vard Square car in the Subway, the ride is as described 
to Beacon street and Massachusetts avenue, where 
Harvard Bridge is crossed. Running through the 
manufacturing part of Cambridge, Charles River 
Park is on the left, and then through the business 
part of the city, past the Cambridge City Hall on the 
right, and college dormitories, the car enters Har- 
vard Square. Entering the grounds on the West, 
Massachusetts Hall, built in 1718, is on the left and 
Harvard Hall, built in 1765, on the right. Turning 
to the right, one passes Matthews' Hall and comes to 
Dane Hall, formerly the Law School. On the corner 
nearest Harvard Sauare is the old President's House, 
or Wadsworth House, used by Washington and Lee 
as headquarters in 1775. On the north side of the 
quadrangle is Gore Hall, the college library. Uni- 
versity Hall is on the east side of the quadrangle, and 



DERRAH'S STREET RAILWAY GUIDE. 67 

east of this are Sever Hall and Thayer Hall. Behind 
Thayer Hall is Appleton Chapel. On the north and 
west sides of the quadrangle are Holworthy, Stough- 
ton and Hollis Halls, used as dormitories. Between 
Hollis and Stoughton is Holden Chapel. Leaving 
the college yard, across Cambridge street, is the Hem- 
enway Gymnasium, and east of this the Lawrence 
Scientific School, northwest of which is the new Law 
School building. Going down Cambridge street, is 
Memorial Hall, at the west end of which is the John 
Harvard statue. East of Memorial Hall is Divinity 
avenue, on which is Divinity Hall, opposite which are 
the Peabody Museum and the Agassiz Museum. 
Going through Quincy street, the President's house 
is passed, and on the corner of Quincy and Harvard 
streets is the old Dana house. Opposite this is Beck 
Hall, a luxurious dormitory. College Hall is on Har- 
vard Square, and next this is the old First Parish 
Church and Burying Ground. West of the Burying 
Ground is Christ Church, built in 1761. and beyond, 
on Garden street, is the Washington Elm, near the 
Shepard Memorial Church. A short walk up Garden 
street is the Botanic Garden, opposite which is the 
Harvard College C^bservatory. Returning to Har- 
vard Square a Scollay Square car may be taken to 
return through the residence and manufacturing dis- 
tricts of Cambridge and across Craigie Bridge and 
around past the North Station to Scollay Square. 

ARLINGTON. Any Harvard Square car may 
be taken from Park Street station, but an Arlington 
car goes through without change. Leaving Harvard 
Square, the Botanic Gardens are passed at Linnaean 
Street. On both sides are memorial tablets telling of 







y^ASHINOTON 










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DERRAH'S STREET RAILWAY GUIDE. 



69 



the minute men's march to Concord and Lexington. 
Crossing Alewive Brook, ArUngton is entered. Spy 
Pond is to the left. At ArHngton Centre are the 
Town Hall and Soldiers' Monument on the right and 
the Public Library on the left. The terminus of the 
line is at Arlington Heights. At Arlington connection 
may be made for Winchester, through which one may 
return to Boston via Medford for fifteen cents. The 
direct route is to return to Harvard Square, thence to 
Boston by Craigie or West Boston Bridges. 

MEDFORD AND MALDEN. Taking a Med- 
ford car in the Subway or at the North Station, the 
ride is across the Charles River and through Charles- 
town, at Monument street passing Bunker Hill Monu- 
ment, seen on the right. From Sullivan Square in 
Charlestown, the route 
of Paul Revere's ride is 
followed over Winter 
Hill, the best residence 
district. Combination 
and Mystic Parks, with 
their trotting tracks, are 
on the right as the car 
descends the hill, and 
Tufts College is seen on 
the left. At Medford, 
the Mystic River is 
crossed where the first 
ship built in New Eng- 
land was launched by 
Governor Winthrop. At 
Medford Square, in front 
of the old Town Hall, 




BUNKER HILL MONUMENT. 



70 DERRAH'S STREET RAILWAY GUIDE. 

a change is made to a Maiden car for^Boston, which 
is reached by a short ride through^.a residence 
district, returning via West Everett or Broadway. 
The West Everett car goes over a hill on which are 
located the fine Converse estates, on opposite sides of 
the street, at Belmont Street, the car running through 
West Everett to Sullivan Square. On the Broadway 
car the ride is through the residence district of Mai- 
den and then through the business centre, and past 
the great chemical works on the right before reaching 
Sullivan Square, from which the return to Boston is 
over the route traversed in going to Medford. 

REVERE BEACH. This great state reserva- 
tion and bathing beach is reached by taking a car at 
Scollay, Adams or Haymarket Subway stations. The 
ride is through Charlestown. passing the Navy Yard 
on the right and Bunker Hill Monument on the left, 
and affording a line view of the Upper Harbor, passing 
over Chelsea Bridge, at the end of which, on the left, 
is the Marine Hospital. Going through Chelsea 
Square, the car passes the first Catholic Church 
erected between Boston and Salem, the Fitz Public 
Library, and on the left. Powder House Hill, with its 
Soldiers' Hospital. Crossing the stone bridge be- 
tween Chelsea and Revere, the new and handsome 
Revere Town Hall is passed, and soon the car comes 
to Revere Beach, where is one of the largest and finest 
bathhouses in the world. The return may be made by 
the same route to Chelsea, and from there to Boston 
by Chelsea Ferry, with a ride down the Upper Har- 
bor, or by East Boston and across one of the East 
Boston ferries. 



DERRAH'S STREET RAILWAY GUIDE. 



71 



MARINE PARK. Tak- 
ing a Broadway South Bos- 
ton car at Post Office Square 
or at the South Station, the 
car runs past the great ter- 
minal and through the main 
business street of South Bos- 
ton, over a hill on which 
the famous Perkins' Institu- 
tion for the Blind is seen on 
the right, and the harbor on 
the left, and soon reaches 
Marine Park. Here a walk 
past the monument to Ad- 
miral Farragut and over a 
bridge brings one to Castle 
Island, with its old fortifica- 
tions, and one may walk 
along the shore to the Headhouse and Marine Pier 
which runs far out into Dorchester Bay, Walking 
back to the car line, on the left is the end of the Strand- 
v/ay, the great boulevard to connect Marine Park with 
Franklin Park, and here a Bay View car maybe taken 
for the return. The car runs along the shore of the 
Bay around the hill known as Dorchester Heights, 
fortified by Washington in the Siege of Boston. 
Across the Bay on the left is the City Sewage Pump- 
ing Station. The ride to Boston is across Fort Point 
Channel, and through another part of the business 
district. 




FARRAGUT STATUE. 



NEPONSET OR MILTON. Taking a Milton 
Dorchester avenue car at the North or South Stations 
or at Post Office Square, the ride is past the new sta- 



72 



DERRAH'S STREET RAILWAY GUIDE. 



tion and straight out Dorchester avenue, through 
South Boston, and with gHmpses of the Bay on the 
left and dwelHngs on both sides of the street, to Field's 
Corner. From here the ride to Milton is through a 
pretty residence district, while one going to Neponset 
may transfer at Park Street, Dorchester, and go out 
through another residence district, with some open 
country, to the terminus at the Neponset River, where 
connection is made with Quincy & Boston cars. Re- 
turning from Milton, at Ashmont Street, one may 
walk up the left a few blocks, and take a Washington 
street car, going through Old Dorchester, past the 
old Congregational Church on the right, and then the 
Walter Baker Sanitarium, on a hill, affording a 
fine view of the harbor before running on to Grove 
Hall. Then the route is down Warren street, through 
the Roxbury residence district, and down Washington 
Street to Dover, turning ofT to go into the Subway, or 
running straight down through the retail district to 
Franklin Street. 

FRANKLIN PARK. Take any Franklin Park 
car in the Subway, or any car that goes to Dudley 
Street transfer station. The Franklin Park Warren 
Street car goes out to Dover Street, then crosses over 
to Washington, passing the Cathedral of the Holy 
Cross on the left, and at Eustis Street the burying 
ground where are interred Governor Dudley and John 
Eliot, the Indian Apostle. Passing Dudley street, the 
ride up Warren Street is past fine residences and by 
the Roxbury High School on the left, and at Elm 
Hill avenue past the handsome Unitarian Church on 
the right. At Grove Hall is another free transfer sta- 
tion. The Park car passes the Consumptives' Home 



DERRAH'S STREET RAILWAY GUIDE. 



73 



on the left before coming to the Park entrance at 
Columbia Road. Here, for twenty-five cents, car- 
riages may be taken for a ride around the park, pass- 
ing the Refectory Building on an elevation at the left, 
the golf links beyond, through the Valley Gates, 
around the Playstead, past the Overlook Building, 
then near Schoolmaster Hill, where Emerson once 
taught, then through the beautiful Wilderness and 
down through Ellicottdale with its tennis courts, and 




FRANKLIN PARK. 



emerging at the Arborway, from which one may go 
back to the city by another line of cars. The car- 
riages continue back to the starting point, however, 
past a chain of lakes and by the other side of the golf 
course and Abbottswood to the Refectory. In return- 
ing, by changing at Grove Hall or Dudley street, al- 
most any desired part of the city may be reached for 
a five-cent fare. The Park offers a succession of de- 
lightful landscapes, dales, ponds, ledges and woods 
alternating, and the whole ride is one of the pleasant- 
est to be had in Boston. 



74 DERRAH'S STREET RAILWAY GUIDE. 

FOREST HILLS. Taking a Forest Hills car 
in the Subway or transferring to one at Dudley street, 
the ride beyond Dudley street is past the steep 
"Tommy's Rocks"' on the left, the Notre Dame Acad- 
emy on the right and the New England Hospital for 
Women and Children, and to the terminus at Forest 
Hills, where the entrance to Franklin Park is at the 
left and the Arnold Arboretum at the right. Walking 
up under the railroad viaduct on the right, one enters 
the Arborway, and following this past a part of the 
Arboretum, comes to Chester street. A short walk 
down this brings one to the Jamaica Plain car, which 
returns to Boston with Jamaica Pond on the left at 
Pond street, and after going under the railroad tracks 
following the viaduct on the left toward Boston. 



The Agents of the Trustees 

Who have these Lands in 
charge are 

Messrs. Wrightington, Dun/op & Co. 

EQUITABLE BUILDING, BOSTON, 

AND 

Messrs. Turner & Williams, 

NEWTONI/ILLE, 

Or Application May be Made Direct 
to the Trustees. 




Norumbega and About There. 



OST Bostonians 
who travel on 
the electric cars 
for pleasure seek some 
ride which combines beau- 
tiful scenery along the route 
with ample means for recreation at the 
end of the journey. In this respect the advantages 
offered by the trip to Norumbega Park fulfill all 
requiremetns. The ride to Norumbega takes one 
through the finest residence portions of Boston, 
Brookline and " The Newtons," as the dozen little 
villages in the city of Newton are collectively called. 
The frequent and rapid service on this double- 
tracked line, and the low cost of the trip are some 
of the reasons why the Norumbega journey is so 
popular. 

The cars start from the Subway, running via the 
Public Garden and Copley Square and are marked 
"Newton Boulevard." They also bear signs an- 
nouncing that they connect with the cars of the 
Commonwealth Avenue Street Railway Company 
for Norumbega Park. The route is out Beacon 
Street, through the Back Bay and the beautiful 

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residence district of Brookline, as described elsewhere 
under "Around Boston by Trolley," to the 

RESERVOIR, where the passenger keeps on up 
the hill to Commonwealth Avenue. The car runs past 
Greenwood Cemetery on the left, and as the terminus 
of the line is reached, at the Newton Boundary, St. 
John's Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Institution is 
seen, off to the right. From this hill is obtained a 

fine view of the hand- 
some residences which 
crown Corey Hill in 
Brookline, back on the 
right, and on the left 
are the large distribu- 
ting reservoirs of the 
Boston Water Works, 
twin lakes connected by 
a silver band and sur- 
rounded by beautiful 
shrubbery. Changing 
at the terminus to one 
of the cars of the Com- 
monwealth Ave, Street 
Railway Company, the most beautiful part of 
the journey through the Newtons begins. As the 
car climbs Waban Hill, on the left there is a 
splendid view of the Chestnut Hill reservoir, while 
on the right are the high service and low service 
reservoirs of the Newton Water Works. The view 
from Waban Hill, on a summer day, is an in- 
spiring one. Looking backward the summits of 
the Brookline hills are seen, here and there a great 
apartment house or splendid residence rising like a 




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castle, while in the nearer distance the Reservoir 
sparkles in its emerald bowl of shrubbery and lawn. 
Across the Reservoir is the Boston Pumping Station. 
Away ahead stretch the Newtons, the many villages 
nestling among the trees from which peep here and 
there slender church spires. Southward is spread our 
a grand panorama of hills and dales, fields and forests. 
Leaving the green woods on the left the car plunges 
down a long incline, with an exhilarating slide down 
the hill to Centre Street, 

NEWTON CENTRE, passing the Newton Cen- 
tre Athletic Grounds on the right. Continuing on 
through the village, still running on Commonweath 
Avenue boulevard, the scenery assumes less of a 
metropolitan aspect. The car goes across an arm of 
Bullough's Pond, and past Bullough's Pond Park, 
just beyond, a stop being made at Walnut Street to 
connect with the cars of the Newton & Boston Elec- 
tric Railway, which run to Newtonville, Newton 
Upper Falls, Highlandville and Needham, the three 
lines last named taking one to Echo Bridge in the 
Hemlock Gorge Reservation, one of the finest of the 
smaller state parks. At the junction there is a com- 
modious and attractive street railway waiting station. 
This region is in the exact centre of Newton and 
within a few minutes of four steam railway stations 
at Newton Centre, West Newton, Newtonville and 
Newton Highlands, respectively. Bullough's Pond 
Park is one of Newton's newest park enterprises and 
is to be completed this season. It is in one of the 
most picturesque localities of the " Garden City," and 
the city has so dredged and improved the pond and 
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of the most healthful. Substantially all the lands 
about Bullough's Pond Park are owned by the New- 
ton Land and Improvment Company, and many fine 
residences have been erected here, while others are 
contemplated. The Newton Land and Improvement 
Company still retains the most, beautiful sites on the 
Park, on Commonwealth Avenue and Walnut Street, 
as well as on numerous other streets overlooking the 
park and Commonwealth Avenue. (Sec Page 74.) 
This is one of the few large tracts in the vicinity of 
Boston (about 125 acres) which is so restricted that 
none but a desirable class of structures will be erected 
on it. It is provided not only with a network of 
steam and electric roads, but with all modern im- 
provements, and is a most desirable locality. The 
Commonvv^ealth Avenue Street Railway runs from 
this point westerly over West Newton Heights, 
along the boulevard. At Chestnut Street there are 
groves on both sides and as the car goes on through 
sylvan scenery, it passes a little stile on the left 
marked " Brseburn Golf Club," where lovers of the 
ancient game may often be seen playing. Soon 
Washington Street, 

AUBURNDALE, is reached, where connection 
may be made with cars for Newton Lower Falls, 
Wellesley and points beyond, on the left, while on 
the right the cars run to West Newton and Waltham 
or Newtonville. At the left, just beyond Washington 
Street, is the famous Woodland Park Hotel, with its 
spacious and well-kept grounds and golf links. Here 
coaching parties often run out from the City for din- 
ners at the hotel. Continuing on the Commonwealth 
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NORUMBEGA PARK, which is controlled by 
the enterprising Commonwealth Avenue Street Rail- 
wa)' Company. This place combines all the attract- 
ive features of a public park, while its freedom from 
objectionable characters and its admirable manage- 
ment make it more exclusive than any public ground. 
Opened two years ago, it has from the first attracted 
a superior class of patrons, owing to its excellent 
management, while it possesses two distinct" advan- 




ENTRANCE TO NORUMBEQA PARK. 



tages over other parks in its nearness to the million 
people of Greater Boston and its picturesque location 
on the beautiful Charles River. Planned and laid out 
by an experienced landscape gardener, the natural 
advantages of the place have been utilized in full. 
The Commonwealth Avenue Street Railway cars 
discharge passengers within the grounds, entering a 
picturesque two-story pavilion, the lower floor of 
which is utilized for offices, car storage, etc., while 
the upper floor is on a level with the park. With one 



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part open on the park side for use in pleasant weather, 
the upper floor of the pavihon has a dining hall with 
accommodations for 350 people. The luncheons 
and dinners served here are well known to Boston 
tourists and all who visit the park may be assured 
that the comfort of the inner man will be well looked 
after. 

Norumbega Park itself comprises about twelve 
acres of ground, most of which is at an elevation of 




OPEN AIR THEATRE 



thirty or thirty-five feet above the river, on which 
the park has a frontage of 2,200 feet. In addition to 
the pavilion, there is a boathouse near the entrance, 
the finest structure of the kind to be found on the 
Charles River. Here is a large fleet of rowboats, 
canoes and launches, and in addition to the stabling 
for boats there are ample lockers and toilet rooms. 
Another building is a bicycle house, accommodating 
hundreds of wheels, with a repair shop attached. 
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where ladies may sit, free from annoyance, while their 
children play in clean sand piles provided for their 
special entertainment. On the highest ground in 
the park is a band stand, where summer evening 
concerts are given by some of the best bands in the 
state. Another feature is the open-air theatre, with 
1,500 free seats, where a high-class stage entertain- 
ment is provided every afternoon and evening except 
Sunday, in summer. Down in the woods, along the 
river bank, is a deer park and the largest zoological 
collection in New England, with animals not to be 
found in any other open park in this country. In 
one part of the park is an electric fountain, where, 
every evening, myriad jets of water spring into the 
air to fall in a shower of prismatic gems. The usual 
park attractions, rustic seats, swings, merry-go-rounds, 
donkey carriages, etc., are provided. 

With all that has been done, however, the natural 
beauties of the park have been admirably conserved. 
Here it is that the Charles River broadens out and 
runs into delightful nooks and eddies where the 
canoeist loves to linger. Groves of stately trees 
arise on either side, and the glimpses of the river 
through the woods in the park attract many amateur 
photographers. An easy row up the river brings 
one to Riverside, where are the boat houses of the 
Newton Boat Club, the country home of the Boston 
Athletic Association and the grounds of the Asso- 
ciated Athletic Clubs. Down stream there are many 
delightful views at every turn, with the park as the 
crowning feature, on the right. Across the river, in 
Weston is the historic Norumbega Tower, from which 
the park takes its name. This grey stone tower was 
erected to commemorate the discovery, on this spot, 



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of relics of the followers of Lief Ericksen and Thor- 
wald, the Norseman, who founded the colony of 
Norumbega here about the year lOOO. For all these 
points of interest Norumbega is the natural starting 
point of tourists. The experience of the past year 
has shown the management the value of making this 
street railway park a place where ladies and children 
may go with perfect safety, and the public has learned 
that no street railway trip around Boston is more 
delightful than that to Norumbega. 




NORUMBEGA TOWER 



Through the Newtons. 

Echo Bridge. 



ONE of the most popular trolley trips from Bos- 
ton is that to Hemlock Gorge Reservation and 
Echo Bridge at Newton Upper Falls, reached 
by the Newton & Boston Street Railway. One may 
go out from Boston to Newtonville, or by a longer 
trip through Cambridge and Watertown, past Har- 
vard College and Mount Auburn Cemetery. The 
Boston cars stop at Watertown Square, from which a 
branch line runs to the United States Arsenal, passing 
the great Brighton Union Stock Market. 

Other branches run to Waltham and Newton. 
Going to Echo Bridge, the car crosses Charles River 
near what is said to have been the home of the Norse- 
men who discovered America before Columbus. On 
the right of the bridge is a tablet which bears the in- 
scription : 

"OUTLOOK UPON THE STONE DAM 

AND STONE-WALLED 

DOCKS AND WHARVES OF NORUMBEGA, 

THE SEAPORT OF 

THE NORTHMEN IN VINLAND." 



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On the left the tablet reads : 

"THE OLD BRIDGE BY THE MILL 

CROSSED CHARLES RIVER NEAR THIS SPOT 

AS EARLY AS 1861." 

The tablets were put up by Professor Eben N. Hors- 
ford, the distinguished antiquarian scholar. Passing, 
on Watertown street, an old house where General 
Washington once stopped, the car runs through Non- 
antum, where a change may be made for Waltham 
(via Bemis), or Newton. Running past Silver 
Lake. 

NEWTONVILLE is entered. The car passes 
the Adams School, the Central Congregational 
Church and goes over the Boston & Albany railroad 
tracks. Beyond, it goes past the Methodist Episcopal 
Church on the left, the Newton Club on the right, then 
the Clafiin School on the left and the Newton High 
School beyond, on the other side. Just beyond this is 
"The Elms," the home of Ex-Governor Claflin. A 
few minutes later one comes to the Newton Boulevard 
Waiting Station, and then passing Newton Cemetery 
and many pretty houses, reaches 

NEWTON HIGHLANDS. Here the car turns 
to the right and runs past the Congregational 
Church and the Grammar School, and after a couple 
of turns runs through the woods and across country 
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NEWTON UPPER FALLS. At this place 
the car makes a wide sweep around three streets, the 
view from High street being" extensive and beautiful. 
Leaving the car and going down the Charles River 
banks, one comes to Echo Bridge, the aqueduct which 
carries the Boston water supply across the Charles 
River. Near the water, at the end of the bridge, there 
is a famous repeating echo. The State park reserva- 




ECHO BRIDGE. 



tion is across the river. The street car line continues 
from Newton Upper Falls past the Newton Silk Mills, 
crosses the river above the falls, and runs between the 
Charles River on the left and the high aqueduct on the 
right, to Highlandville. From here it runs through 
fields and woods, climbing a hill from which is a fine 
view, before coming to Needham, the terminus of the 
line, connecting with lines for Boston, Wellesley and 
beyond. 



Through the Newtons. 

Prospect Hill. 



ANOTHER ride on the electric cars through 
another part of the Newtons, to Prospect 
Hill, in Waltham, returning through Cam- 
bridge, takes the pleasure-seeker through a great 
diversity of scenery to the highest elevation near 
Boston that can be reached by electric car. The 
car marked Commonwealth avenue, Brighton and 
Newton may be taken in the subway or at 
Copley square in Boston, the route running through 
the Back Bay residence district Commonwealth 
avenue, Allston and Brighton to Nonantum Square, 
Newton by the route described under Boston trips. 
At 

NEWTON a change is made to the cars of the 
Newton Street Railway Company, for Newtonville, 
West Newton and Waltham. A line also runs from 
here to Watertown. The car takeii on this trip goes 
past Mount Ida and enters 

NEWTONVILLE, where one line runs to New- 
ton Upper Falls, while the car for Prospect Hill 
passes the new Masonic Temple and goes on through 
a pretty part of the "Garden City," to 

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WEST NEWTON. Here a line runs to Au- 
hurndale, so that one may go by this way to Norum- 
bega Park. The City Hall, an unpretentious wooden 
building on the right, is passed on the way to 

WALTHAM, As the line is neared the Charles 
River is seen on the left, and the car passes the 
factory of the Waltham Manufacturing Company. 
Crossing the River just beyond, the Boston Man- 
ufacturing Company's Mills, the first in America 
to make cotton 
cloth direct from 
the raw material, 
are seen. Here 
the late General 
Banks was once 
employed as a 
bobbin boy. At 
this point the 
Fitchburg Rail- 
road tracks are 
crossed and one 
comes to Wal- 
tham Common, and continues up Main street passing 
the Banks' homestead and stops at the foot of Pros- 
pect Hill, which the city of Waltham has set apart 
as a public ground under the name of 




GENERAL BANKS' HOMESTEAD. 



PROSPECT HILL PARK. A walk for fifteen 
minutes, at an easy pace, brings one to the sum- 
mit of Prospect Hill, the view from which is the 
finest in eastern Massachusetts. BelOw is a fine view 
of the winding Charles River and its valley, with the 
world-famous American Waltham Watch Company's 



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factory along its banks. Beginning in the west with 
noble Mount Wachusett in Princeton, as the eye 
turns to the north it views the round knob of 
Watatick in Ashburnham, then comes to Mount 
Monadnock, in Jaffrey, N. H., then come the Kid- 
der or Peterboro Mountains, beautiful with their dou- 
ble summits ; beyond and to the north will be seen 
the Lyndeborough Mountains, with the Crotchet 
Mountain peak in Francestown, N. H., above the 

top of the range, 
and then is fur- 
ther to the right 
the stony pile in 
New Boston, N. 
H., known as Joe 
English Hill. Still 
to the right are the 
twin peaks of Un- 
conoonnc Moun- 
tains in Golfstown, 
N. H., and with 
an ordinary opera 
glass, one may see 
westerly flank of the West IJnconoonuc, Mount 
Kearsarge, in Central New Hampshire. 

Leaving the hill and going back to Waltham 
Common a change is made, the car running first 
through the business district of Waltham, and thence, 
into the best residence section, along a well shaded 
street. Grove Hill Cemetery is passed on the right, 
and then the car runs into 




AMERICAN WALTHAM WATCH CO'S. FACTORY. 



WATERTOWN, going through a farming dis- 
trict until the village is entered suddenly. From here 



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the route back to Boston is by way of Mount Auburn 
street, through Cambridge, passing Mount Auburn 
Cemetery, Elmwood, Longfellow's Park and Harvard 
College, as described under one of the Boston trips by 
trolley. 



OBrion & Russell, 



INSURANCE 



OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. 



FIRE, MARINE, 
EMPLOYERS' LIABILITY. 



OX_o. 108 l4/ArET{ STREET, ^OSTO^. 

Telephone 8ig, 



A South Country Trip. 



SOUTH of Boston lies a country rich alike in 
natural scenery and historic associations. 
West Roxbury and Roslindale, two beautiful 
suburbs of Boston, and the pretty towns of Dedham, 
Norwood and Walpole are reached by taking the Bos- 
ton Elevated cars marked Forest Hills, at which point 
direct connection is made with cars of the West 

Roxbury & Roslindale 
Street Railway Com- 
pany for a delightful 
trip through town and 
country. Cars marked 
"Forest Hills, Dedham, 
Norwood and EastWal- 
pole"run through with- 
out change. 

At Forest Hills, on 
the left, are the en- 
trances to Franklin 
Park and Forest Hills 
Cemetery, and on .the 
right is the fine viaduct 
of the New York, New 
Haven, & Hartford 
Railway. The car goes 




HIQH SERVICE OBb£HV-Al Our , STONY BROOK 
RESERVATION. 

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up easy grades, past the High Service Pumping Sta- 
tion of the Boston Water Works, and the high service 
tower and observatory, which has an elevation of 375 
feet above the level of the sea, and from which one of 
the finest views in the vicinity of Boston is to be had. 
One can look seaward for twenty-five miles; westerly 
to Mount Monadnock, some sixty-three miles ; south- 
erly as far as Franklin, seventeen miles, and northerly 
as far as Holt's Hill, Andover, about twenty-five 




VIEW FROM SlOtJ. i.J,OOK RESERVATION, SHOWING TURTLE POND, 
NEPONSET VALLEY, AND BLUE HILL. 

miles. This tower is in the Stony Brook Resen^ation 
of the Metropolitan Park System, through which the 
car runs for nearly a mile, bringing within easy access 
of Boston this extensive wooded park, excellent views 
being afforded of the Blue Hills in Milton, Turtle 
Pond and the Neponset Valley. On every side are 
charming sylvan glimpses. Passing the pretty 
Mother Brook, on the edge of the Reservation, the 
car enters 



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DEDHAM, 

crossing the 
car tracks at 
Crove street 
and reaching 
the southern 
terminusofthe 
line at Memo- 
rial Sqaure, 
where the Nor- 
folk Central 
Street Railway 

beSfinS. It is historical BUILDINQ, DEDHAM. 

well to stop over a car in Dedham, for this is one of 
the finest of the old New England colonial towns. 
A convenient and well-kept waiting-room at this point 
is at the disposal of patrons of both roads. Opposite 
the waiting-room is the Memorial Hall, and just 
above this is the Historical Building, in which are 
placed many interesting relics of early Dedham. A 
visit well repays one, for an atmosphere of the past per- 
vades the town 
which is over 
2 lO years old 
and has much 
of historic in- 
terest to show 
visitors. Near 
by is seen the 
Public Library ' 
andalmostop- 
posite this is 
the new Nor- 
folk County 

PUBHC LIBRARY, DEDHAM. 




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Court House, a building of truly magnificent pro- 
portions. 

The boathouse of the Dedham Boat Club is within 




OLD POWDER HOUSE ON POWDER HOUSE ROCK, DEDHAM. 

easy walking distance, and from here a charming view 
of the upper Charles River may be had. Within sight 
of the boathouse is Powder House Rock, on which 




BOAT HOUSE, OEOHAM BOAT CLUB. 



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still stands the old Powder House, erected in the 
seventeenth century, when every town was required to 
keep on hand a stock of powder for the use of its citi- 
zens in repulsing invading hostile forces. 

From the waiting station, in another direction, a 
walk of half a mile brings one to the historic Fair- 
banks House, built in the year 1636 by Jonathan Fair- 
banks, and maintained in its original form by the 




OLD FAIRBANKS HOUSE. 



Daughters of the Revolution. There are many other 
historical points to be reached by short walks or drives 
in Dedham, and the new part of the town is pictur- 
esque and inviting. 

Resuming the journey, on the Norfolk Central 
trolley car, the way leads to Islington, past Westwood 
Park. Entertainments of many kinds are furnished 
here in summer, and posters on the street cars will 
inform passengers of the different attractions. The 
links of the Norfolk Golf Club are easily reached from 



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here. Continuing on, one comes to Norwood, a 
pretty rural village in which the old tavern, the hand- 
some Unitarian Church, and the great Norwood Press 




OLD TAVERN, NORWOOD. 



are among the sights to attract the attention of visi- 
tors. From Norwood the cars continue on to 

EAST WALPOLE, at the Bird Memorial, 
erected in honor of the late T. W. Bird, known widely 




WESTWOOD PARK, BROOK SCENE. 



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as the "Sage of Walpole," Here are located the paper 
mills of Bird & Company, Hollingsworth & Vose, and 
other manufacturers. Many enjoyable walks may be 
taken, if one desires to remain over a car or two. 
From here the cars run on to the terminus of the line 
at Walpole, a pretty New England manufacturing vil- 
lage, and a railroad junction point. 

The return journey to Dedham is made over the 
same route, but from there to Boston other scenery 
may' be enjoyed by going over the West Roxbury 
division of the West Roxbury & Roslindale Street 
Railway, taking a transfer at Grove street to East 
Dedham. Many pretty views of river scenery may be 
had. Here also one may see the stone which marks 
the site of the first mill and dam on the Charles River, 
built in 1640. Taking the car on its return journey to 
Forest Hills, one goes by the West Roxbury division. 

The time occupied by the trip from Forest Hills 
and return, as here outlined, is about three hours, 
and the fares are only thirty cents. The ride is 
through city, town and country, with ever-varying 
scenery delighting the passenger. Of course a whole 
day may profitably be taken for the trip, stopping 
over to visit other points of interest in the country 
traversed. 

. Another South County trip by the Needham & 
Boston Street Railway Co. may be taken after the 
early summer. It takes the traveler from Forest 
Hills over the lines of the West Roxbury & Ros- 
lindale Street Railway as far as Spring Street, then 
up the Charles River to Needham, where connec- 
tions can be made with the cars for Newton, Well- 
esley, Natick, Framingham, Marlboro and Worcester. 
The cars turn off from the Dedham line at Spring 



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Street, passing near the Caledonian Club, the boat 
houses and the free public baths. It is only a short 
ride to Dedham Island Hill, from which a fine view is 
had of Needham, Newton, Brooklinc and the valley 
of the Charles below. Going down the hill to the 
valley, the Charles is followed for nearly a mile, the 
car running along broad meadows, across which are 
beautiful views. The car passes in sight of " Karl- 
stein," the handsome country place of Samuel D. 
Warren, with its golf links and famous polo grounds. 
Then the way leads through the new and attractive 
village of Oakhurst (see page 60), where the car runs 
on a wide boulevard and thence through Needham, 
to the terminus of the line at Needham Centre. 

From Norwood a line has just been completed 
southward to Walpole, Foxboro, Mansfield, Attleboro 
or Providence ; a change is made at Norwood Centre 
to the car of the Norfolk Southern Street Railway 
Company. The route runs past the Alorrill Memorial 
Library, a handsome granite building on the right, 
and then follows along the new state highway now ui 
course of construction. Running on toward East 
Walpole, there is another view of the Blue Hills in 
Milton, surmounted by its weather observatory, and 
the car enters 

"WALPOLE. This town is a pretty one, with a 
Common in the centre, around which are grouped 
magnificent oak and elm trees. Passing the Town 
Hall on the left, the trees on either side of the street 
form an archway of verdure through which the car 
runs for some distance. Another turn is made to the 
left, and the car runs on Washington street into the 
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the Water Tower which supplies water to this dis- 
trict is seen looming up in the distance. From here 
a branch line runs northerly to connect with the line 
of the Norfolk Central Street Railway at East Wal- 
pole, the journey to which has already been described. 
Tn the centre of the town are the remains of the two 
old taverns which were once famous hostelries, rival 
half-way houses on the stage road from Boston to 
Providence before the days of the steam railroad and 
the trolley car. The old Polly Tavern was on the 
right, and Fuller's Tavern on the left. Passing by 
these relics of the olden time, the car leaves the old 
post road for the last time, and runs into the town of 

FOXBORO. This is a picturesque town with 
a pleasant park and a handsome granite Memorial 
Building erected in honor of its dead soldiers, and used 
as a public library. The town is engaged in the manu- 
facture of straw hats and bonnets. The car passes first 
through North Foxboro and then through West Fox- 
boro, where a branch line running off to the right 
takes one to Lake Pearl. This is much patronized 
by picnic parties and pleasure-seekers in summer. 
Running through Foxboro another double row of 
fine old trees arches the roadway. Emerging into 
the open country, there is a run for some distance be- 
tween farm fields before one enters 

MANSFIELD, the terminus of the line. Mans- 
field is the centre of a farming region, and has several 
small factories, with diversified industries. Here con- 
nections are made with electric cars for Brockton, 
Taunton, Norton, Attlcboro and Providence. 



A South Country Trip II. 



On the Norfolk Suburban. 

IN addition to the line previously mentioned, 
the cars of the Norfolk Suburban Street Railway 
run from the Forest Hills terminus of the Bos- 
ton Elevated Railway Company, southward to Ded- 
ham. This line runs along Washington street, with 
the Arnold Arboretum on the right and Forest Hills 
Cemetery on the left. After leaving these, the ride is 
through a pleasant valley, with Mount Hope Ceme- 
tery off to the left, and soon Hyde Park township is 
entered at Clarendon Hills. Then a more distinc- 
tively rural country is seen, and keeping in sight the 
wooded range of hills on the right all the way, the 
car rvms into 

HYDE PARK CENTRE. Here connections 
are made with the cars for Readville and Mattapan. 
The Readville branch runs due south, entering the 
town which was the camp of the Massachusetts vol- 
unteers in the Civil War, and now famous for its trot- 
ting track, where the New England Breeders' Asso- 
ciation holds its meetings. From Readville there is 
a splendid near view of the Blue Hills. The Dedham 
car from Hyde Park turns to the right, crossing the 
tracks of the New York, New Haven & Hartford 
Railroad, and entering the residence district known 

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as Sunnyside. On the left are the fine Harlow and 
Brainerd residences, and on the right the Cotter place. 
In the distance is seen the home of Robert Blaikie, 
the woolen manufacturer. 

Passing the woolen mill, the power house and 
other plants in the manufacturing district, the car 
leaves on the right the road to Fairview Cemetery, 
beyond which is the Stony Brook Reservation of the 
Metropolitan Park System. Crossing Cotton Mill 
Pond, a widening of Mother Brook, there is a fine 
view of the Blue Hills, which are still blue in spite of 
their nearness, and on the top of Great Blue Hill may 
be seen the weather observatory and kite-flying sta- 
tion. Mother Brook is interesting from the fact that 
it rises in one stream, the Charles River, and flows 
into another, the Neponset, really making Boston an 
island. 

Turning to the right into Readville street, the car 
runs by the Cochrane Print Works, situated in the 
valley below the highway. Passing other mills, it 
then comes into East Dcdham Square, just beyond 
which is the Avery School building. Then the trav- 
eler goes by the famous Chelsea Pottery Works and 
a large wool-scouring mill, and then passing the large 
stone Catholic Church, runs by picturesque old houses 
and under the tracks of the New York, New Haven & 
Hartford Railroad, to come to the terminus in Me- 
morial Square, Dedham. Here connections may be 
made for West Roxbury, Norwood, Walpole, Med- 
field and East Walpole. 

MATTAPAN and Milton Lower Mills are 
reached from Hyde Park by making a transfer to the 
line which runs to the left on River street. Leaving 



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the business centre of Hyde Park, passing the stone 
edifice of Christ Church on the right, and going by 
the fountain and band stand in Hyde Park Square, the 
car runs on East River street between comfortable 
residences with well-kept grounds. The Butler 
School is passed on the left, and on the right ts a new 
residence district, on what was once the handsome 
Summer estate. 

Just beyond, on the same side, are the Tileston 
and Hollingsv/orth "Mattapan Mills," where fine 
writing paper is made. Passing the entrance to the 
new settlement of Rugby on the left before crossing 
the tracks of the Midland Division of the New Haven 
Railroad, the plant of the Boston Gossamer Rubber 
Works is seen on the right, with its well-kept grounds 
and flower beds. Going by the Colonial residence of 
John P. Ray on the left, the new residence district of 
Holmfield is seen on the opposite side. Just beyond 
is the dividing line between Boston and Hyde Park, 
marked by an old house, part of which is in the city, 
and part in the town. A short run brings the traveler 
to 

MATTAPAN, at the junction of Blue Hill ave- 
nue, Norfolk street and Brushy Hill Road, known as 
Mattapan Square. Here is the railroad station on the 
right, and crossing the Neponset River bridge just 
beyond, on the right, a short walk brings one into an 
avenue of noble old elms, with fine views on every 
side. A walk on Blue Hill avenue for half a mile 
brings one to Walk Hill street, where cars of the Bos- 
ton Elevated Railway may be taken for the city pass- 
ing the Home for Aged Hebrews and Franklin Park 
before reaching Grove Hall transfer station. 



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The Street railway line from Mattapan continues 
down East River street, going past a starch factory 
and an old cotton mill on the right before entering 
Milton Lower Mills. The car also passes the great 
Baker Chocolate Mills before reaching the terminus 
of the lirfpTwhere connection may be made with the 
Boston Hevated Railway cars for the city, via Field's 
Corner, 



Through Blue Hill Reservation. 

THE greatest of the state park reservations is the 
Blue Hill Reservation in Milton. Heretofore 
it has been reached only with difficulty, but the 
line of the Boston, Milton & Brockton Street Railway, 
now under construction and to be opened about July 
I, brings this magnificent stretch of country within 
easy reach of the city. The Reservation includes for- 
ests, fields, meadows, hills, valleys, swamps, rivers ; in 
fact an almost endless diversity of natural scenery 
within its borders, which include more than five thou- 
sand acres. To reach it, one should take a Milton 
Lower Mills car of the Boston Elevated Railway, go- 
ing over the route described under the Boston trolley 
trips. 

At the Neponset River a change is made to the 
Boston. Milton & Brockton car, which runs through 
the town of Milton in a wide reserved way, with a 
good macadam road on either side of the tracks. Mil- 
ton is famed for its well kept residences of wealthy 
gentlemen, and the various styles of architecture, with 
wide lawns running down from the residences to the 
roadway, make a pleasing picture. The car touches 



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the Blue Hill Reservation on the left, after leaving 
the town, and soon plunges into it, running for nearly 
two miles through the beautiful sylvan scenery of the 
great state park. The ride is between Chickatawbut 
Hill on the left and Hancock Hill on the right. Be- 
yond Hancock Hill is Great Blue Hill, with its weath- 
er observatory and the famous government kite-flying 
station. It can be reached from the car line by a walk 
along the woodland paths. Leaving the Reservation 
the car runs into Randolph, Great Pond being ofT to 
the left before the car enters the village, where con- 
nections may be made with the Brockton Street Rail- 
way cars for Highland Park, Brockton and points 
beyond. 

Transfers on the Milton cars at the corner of 
Readsville road and Randolph avenue in Milton al- 
low passengers to take a branch line running off to 
East Milton. At this point connections may be made 
with the Quincy S^ Boston Street Railway for Quincy 
and Nantasket Beach, and points described under 
"Along the South Shore," or "Into the Old Colony." 



A South Country Trip III. 



On the Norfolk "Western. 

IT will well repay anyone who makes the trolley trip 
to Dedham to continue the journey over the line 
of the Norfolk Western Street Railway to West- 
wood and Medfield, by changing at Memorial Square, 
from either the cars of the West Roxbury & Roslin- 
dale, the Norfolk Suburban or the Norfolk Central 
Street Railway lines. The cars of the Norfolk 
Western run through High street, in Dedham, pass- 
ing the pillar erected by the Sons of Liberty and the 
splendid new granite Norfolk County Court House. 
After running through the settled part of the town, 
the car leaves the pretty street to enter pleasant 
groves, through which it runs for some distance. 
Emerging into the open, on the left, near White's 
Pond, is the old Town Pound, and running on, the 
traveler finds himself upon a hill in the centre of 
the new town of 

^VESTWOOD, recently set off from Dedham 
as a separate town. From the elevation, the Blue 
Hills of Milton are clearly seen, off to the left, while 
below is spread out an entrancing panorama of scen- 
ery in the valley and the meadows. Westwood is an 
exceedingly pretty town, with an abundant growth of 
shade trees. On Main street, just before entering the 
town, the car passes the old Colburn House built 

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before 1700. Off to the left may be seen Fox Hill, 
upon which are the summer homes of many of the 
well-known families of Boston. Continuing on, still 
in the town of Westwood, one passes, to the left, the 
Reservoir and Pumping Station belonging to the 
town of Norwood. After leaving the town of 
Westwood, on the right, the car passes a hem- 
lock tree known as the "witch tree" from the 
fact that Moll Pitcher once slept under its boughs. 
Here is one of the most picturesque waiting stations 




COLBURN HOUSE, WESTWOOO 



to be found on all the network of street railways in 
Eastern Massachusetts. It wis built of rough field 
stone collected in the neighborhood, and has an old- 
fashioned fireplace of the same material inside. 
Here the passenger may obtain refreshments before 
continuing his journey. The ride from Westood is 
through a typical New England farming country with 
the old-fashioned farmhouses and ample barns as a 
feature of the landscape. It is only a short run from 
the waiting station to King Philip's Park, so called, 
because it is situated on historic ground in the town 



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of Medfield, once a part of the domain of the famous 
Indian sachem. The park consists of some two 
hundred acres, recently acquired by the street rail- 
way company, and beautifully adapted to the wants 
of the pleasure- seeker. The tract is well shaded, 
and a brook winds its way through the park over the 
rocks and ledges. The company put a large force 
of men at work in the park, clearing up the under- 
brush, this spring, and it is expected that by the first 




HiLiH bTHLtr, wl:>iwuuu. 



of July the place will be open to the public. An 
artificial pond of more than sixty acres in extent will 
be made in the park, and on the edge of this a chute 
will be erected. Throughout the park the best of 
the natural features will be preserved, but there 
will be special attractions, such as a dancing pa- 
vilion, swings, rustic seats and refreshment stands, 
especial attention being paid to clambakes in the 
summer time. After leaving the park there is 
another run through more rural country, and then 
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MEDFIELD, with its fine residences, each with 
its generous lawn in front, and shaded by large trees. 
As the car enters the town one may see on the right, 
a weather-beaten house said to be the only one left 
in Medfield after the massacre and burning of the 
town in King Philip's War. On this trip, instead of 
using the common way, the company has acquired a 
right of way beside the main road, nearly the entire 
distance, so that it will be possible to run these cars 
much faster than those on most street railway lines. 
At present, the terminus is near the centre of the 
town, but by the first of August it is expected to have 
the line extended as far as Medway, where connec- 
tions may be made with Milford, Hopedale, etc., 
allowing the passenger to return to Boston by an 
entirely different route. It will be difficult to find a 
more pleasant street railway trip in any part of New 
England, and the section of the country traversed is 
such that the traveler will obtain not only a succes- 
sion of delightful views, but will gain an excellent 
idea of the industries, farms and pretty inland towns 
for which Massachusetts is noted. 



R. 


H. DERRAH 




MAKES A 
SPECIALTY or 


Trolley Excursions 



On the Famous North Shore. 



No part of Massachusetts is more famous for its 
scenic beauty than that lying along the coast of 
Massachusetts Bay, from Boston to the tip end 
of Cape Ann, the summer home of many wealthy resi- 
dents of Eastern cities and the Riviera of New Eng- 
land, — the North Shore. It embraces within its limits 
many towns and cities famous for the deeds of their 
citizens in the early days of our country. But while 
the towns and cities have grown, a new population has 
sprung up in this section, a population of dwellers in 
the cities who come here to find beautiful homes amid 
the finest of natural surroundings. A series of sum- 
mer resorts has been developed, and the electric rail- 
way has bound all these together, so that one may 
journey by trolley all the way from Boston to the end 
of the Cape, with many pleasant side trips from Lynn, 
Salem and Beverly. 

Starting from Boston in the Subway at Scollay, 
Adams or Haymarket Squares or at the North Union 
Station on a Lynn & Boston car, the ride is first 
through Charlestown, then across the Mystic and 
through Chelsea and Revere on the route described 
under Boston trips in going to Revere Beach Reser- 
vation. Listead, however, of going to the beach, 
the Lynn & Boston car keeps on Broadway and pass- 



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ing two streets where lines diverge, one to the left 
to Maiden and another on the right to the upper end 
of Revere Beach, it goes over the salt marshes 
of Saugus town. Here the tide water fills the inlets 
of the marsh, across which on the right, may be seen 
the shining waters of the Bay. Going over the 
Saugus River drawbridge the car enters 

LYNN. Across the marshes may be seen the 




3ATHING AT REVERE. 



city spires and tall chinmeys, and on the right is the 
great plant of the General Electric Works, Lynn nov/ 
being one of the greatest electrical centres of the 
country. Entering Lynn Common and passing along 
South Common Street one may see, on the right, the 
oldest church in Lynn, and the new Armory, before 
passing the splendid City Hall and going through the 
district burned over in the great fire of November. 
1889, into Central Square, which is the terminus for 
lines of the Lynn & Boston Railroad Company which 
run in all directions. 



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Wherever one may go, shoe manufacturing estab- 
lishments, for which Lynn is world-famous, may be 
seen. The branch lines running out of Lynn bring in 
communication with the city the neighboring places of 
historic interest, the city and state parks, the meadows 
and marshes of the lowlands, the groves and views of 
the hills and the rocky shores and sandy beaches of 
the coast. One of the pleasantest of these side trips is 
that to 




LYNN WOODS. 



LYNN WOODS, connecting with lines for 
Wakefield, Reading and Lowell. Taking a Lynnhurst 
car, going first through the business and manufactur- 
ing districts, and then through the residence part of 
the city, the traveler passes the Reservoir and Pump- 
ing Station and Breed's Pond, on the left, before ar- 
riving -at the main entrance to Lynn Woods. This is 
a part of the Metropolitan Park System, and the larg- 
est pleasure ground, in proportion to population, ad- 
joining any city in the country. The park has many 



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LYNN WOODS. 



attractions for the 
trolley tourist, and 
one may v/ell spend 
a day here. 

Within the limits 
of Lynn Woods are 
four beautiful sheets 
of water Glen-Lewis, 
Walden, Breed's and 
Birch Ponds, and 
miles of cool walks, 
which make this a favorite picnic ground. Among the 
popular attractions of the park is famous Dungeon 
Rock, which tradition says was an ancient haunt of 
pirates. Here is a cave painfully wrought in the hard 
porphyry by Hiram Marble, a hermit who sought 
for gold, claiming to work under spiritual guidance. 

From Lynn Woods cars may be taken on to Wake- 
field, through North Saugus. To those wishing to re- 
turn to Lynn another way, awalk across to Glen-Lewis 
Pond will bring one to the Lynn cars running back by 
Wyoma Lake, Wyoma Village and Chestnut Street. 

NAHANT BEACH, one of the finest summer 

resorts on the North 
Shore, famed for its 
fish dinners, boating 
and seashore attrac- 
tions, is within a half- 
mile run of the city, 
reached by another 
electric line from the 
Central Square or 
at the Railroad Sta- 
tion. 




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CLIFTONDALE and Maiden are reached by a 
branch from the Square, the car running through a 
pretty, open fanning country in the town of Saugus, 
and then going through the viUages of East Saugus 
and Ch'ftondale, and passing FrankHn Park, with its 
trotting?- track, before enterins: the suburbs of Maiden. 




BOARDMAN HOUSE, SAUQUS. BUILT IN 1700. 



EAST SAUGUS, Saugus Centre and Melrose 
are on a branch running from Lynn through a cotintry 
of market gardens, orchards and farms, offering a 
most enjoyable trip for lovers of country scenes. 

PEABODY and DANVERS contain much that 
is of interest to the trolley excursionist, and both these 
towns are reached by branches from Lynn as well as 
from Salem. The lover of antiquities especially will 
find much to delight him, as both are quaint ok! 
towns. The route from Central Square, Lynn, leads 
through a region of delightful landscapes after leaving 
the business part of the city, passing Spring, Brown's 



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and Bartholomew Ponds, with their semi-pubUc picnic 
grounds. At Bartholomew Pond, a short walk from 
the electric line, is Ship Rock, the largest boulder in 
this part of the coontry, and much visited by geolo- 
gists and others. Going through South Peabody and 
passing Flax Pond, the car enters Peabody, once a 
part of Danvers, and named in honor of George Pea- 
body, the great London banker and philanthropist, 
who was born here. The Peabody Institute, on 




PEABODY INSTITUTE, PEABODY. 



Main street, contains many interesting relics of Pea- 
body's distinguished son, including the portrait of her- 
self given to him by Queen Victoria. In the Square 
is the monument to the minute-men of Peabody and 
Danvers, and near by the site of the famous Bell Tav- 
ern and the ancient cemetery. 

From Peabody the line continues to Danvers, 
which was settled in 1628. Here the witchcraft delu- 
sion raged in 1692, and the Rebecca Nourse house, 
the home of one of its victims, is still standing. Here, 



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also, is the home of General Israel Putnam, "Old Put" 
of Revolutionary fame, on Centre street, and "Oak 
Knoll," Whittier's home, on Summer street. From 
here a line of cars run to Asylum station, at the foot 
of a high hill on which the State Insane Asylum is lo- 
cated. Another line branches to the left, to Danvers 
Centre, and a third runs to Putnamville, from which 
the traveler may go' to Danvers and Danversport, or 
by way of Peabody to Salem. 




REBECCA NOURSE HOUSE, DANVERS. BUILT IN 1636. 

MARBLEHEAD and SWAMPSCOTT are on 

one of the lines running from Lynn to Salem, and this 
route is recommended to one who loves the seashore. 
Old Marblehead is one of the quaintest, most delight- 
ful towns in the world, and the scenery on this route 
has an ever-changing charm. From Central Square, 
Lynn, the ride is along the magnificent boulevards 
known as Broad and Lewis streets, and leaving the 
residence district of Lynn and crossing the line into 
Swampscott, the electric car skirts the coast, with a 



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view of the open sea on the right, surf breaking on the 
rocks below and here and there a shining sail on the 
distant blue. From the historic hay-scales in Swamp- 
scott to the end of the route, the ride is one of unfail- 
ing interest. 

Near at hand, on the left, are handsome summer 
cottages, while on the right the car runs along the 
open sea, past King's Beach, with fine surf bathing, 
now a state reservation. Egg Rock, with its light- 




FOUNTAIN INN AND AGNES SURRAGE WELL, MARBLEHEAD. 

house, is seen across the water, and running past 
Beach Blufif and the little village of Clifton Heights, 
the car enters the crooked streets of old Marblehead, 
where connections may be made with barges and the 
steam ferry for Marblehead Neck, a noted pleasure 
resort. The car runs on to the end of the town to 
Fort Sewall. where there are pleasure grounds and a 
magnificent ocean view. 

Marblehead of today is largely a town of delightful 



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summer homes, but contains much that is old and pic- 
turesque. The early settlers laid out their streets in 
zigzag fashion over the rocks, and these streets re- 
main, with here and there some of the old-time houses. 
Marblehead formed a part of Salem until 1648, being 
foremost among the coast towns of Massachusetts in 
the fishing industry. Ofif the shore of Old Fort Sew- 
all some of the most important naval engagements of 




TUCKER LANDINO, MARBLEHEAD. 



the Revolution took place. The old Town House 
was built in 1727, and Abbott Hall, one of the land- 
marks of the tov/n, contains many interesting histor- 
ical objects, including the famous painting: "The 
Spirit of '76." At the lower end of the town on Orne 
street are the Fountain Inn, scene of the novel, "Agnes 
Surriage," and Old Burying Hill. Near the road to 
Marblehead Neck is Cow Fort, erected in Revolution- 
ary days, and at the fork of the road near the Lynn & 
Boston car houses was once an old Indian fort. On 
the same street with Abbott Hall is the historic 



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church of St. Michael, built in 1714, and a short dis- 
tance below is the residence of Elbridge Gerry. From 
Marblehead the trip may be made direct to Salem. 

From Lynn the direct ride to Salem is made from 
Central Square by taking a car marked "Lynn and 
Salem." The car runs along Essex and Union streets, 
and through Upper Swampscott, crossing the railroad 
track and passing the Swampscott Cemetery, and on 
the right the White Lead Wokrs. It is a pleasant ride 




MARBLEHEAD NECK. 



all the way, and after passing the mills and crossing 
the railroad tracks again, the car runs past fine resi- 
dences along Lafayette street, South Salem, and reaches 
the terminus near the Salem City Hall. Like Lynn, 
Salem is a street railway centre, and some of the 
branch lines may be considered before resuming the 
journey on the main line. 

SALEM WILLO^A^S is a popular seashore re- 
sort, kept as a public park, with various attractions 



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salEm willows. 



and band concerts on 
Wednesdays and Sun- 
days. Its crowning feat- 
ure is an avenue of noble 
elms from which it takes 
its name. On the way 
to the Willows the car 
passes the East India 
Marine Hall and the 
Essex Institute, and 
their collections which 
speak of Salem's former 
maritime greatness, and 
comes to Salem Neck, 
over which it passes 
with views of the wa- 
ter on both sides. Approaching the Willows, the City 
Almshouse and Farm are passed on the right. Be- 
yond the hospital on the left are the ruins of old Fort 
Lee, built in 1699. The frigate "Essex," of the War of 
1812, was built at Salem Willows. Opposite the cove 
are the ruins of old Fort Pickering and Winter Island, 
most of which is 
used by the Plum- 
mer Farm School, 
the government 
retaining the rest. 
As has been 
mentioned, other 
branches from Sa- 
lem run to Mar- 
blehead, Peabody 
and Danvers. Peo- 
ple going to Salem 




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from Lynn by the inland route, should return via 
Marblehead and Swampscott. The visitor in Salem 
will see much that is of interest by taking short 
walks, for this was the mother city of the Massa- 
chusetts Colony, founded In 1623, before Boston, 
was a town; here was the home of Hawthorne, Ban- 
croft and other men of letters; here the witchcraft de- 
lusion reached its height, and from here the ships of 
Salem once sailed to the remotest parts of the globe. 




HOUSE OF SEVEN QABLES, SALEM. 



Of the historic houses, that of Roger Williams is 
on the corner of North and Essex streets; the Shut- 
tuck house, of witchcraft fame, is at 317 Essex street; 
the Piclcering Mansion, built in 1649, is at 18 Broad 
street, and the house visited by Lafayette in 1784, and 
by Washington in 1789, is at 138 Federal street. 
Hawthorne's birthplace was at 21 Union street, and the 
House of the Seven Gables is at 64 Turner street. Gal- 
lows Hill, where those convicted of witchcraft were 
executed, is at the head of Hanson street. 



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Leaving historic Salem to resume the journey on 
the main line to Gloucester and beyond, a change is 
made to a Beverly car, which runs down Essex street. 
In Derby Square, on the right, is the Salem Town 
Hall and Market, built in 1816, and just beyond is the 
East India Marine Hall and Peabody Academy of 
Science, open to visitors free on week-days and con- 
taining, besides a large collection of scientific speci- 
mens, many interesting models of naval architecture. 

A little further on, on the left, are three buildings, 
the Cadet Hall, the Salem Athenaeum, containing a 
large library, and the Essex Institute, with its valuable 
historical collections. Back of the Athenaeum is the 
first church erected in New England, of which Roger 
Williams was pastor. From here a short and pleasant 
ride brings one to Essex Bridge, with beautiful views 
east and west. Here Washington left his carriage to 
enjoy the views, when on his way from Salem to Bev- 
erly to visit Hon. George Cabot. Crossing the Bridge 
the car enters 

BEVERLY. This is largely a summer town, 
with many fine avenues leading down to the ocean on 
the right, or stretching back into inviting groves on 
the left. It is a more quiet and less pretentious sum- 
mer resort than some others on the North Shore, but 
it is none the less beautiful. A branch line runs from 
here to 

BEVERLY COVE, the oldest of the summer 
resorts along this part of the country, famed alike for 
the beauty of its scenery and its fine residences. The 
electric line winds through Hale street, along the 
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near the terminus of the Hne an unsurpassed sea view 
is obtained. 

WENHAM and ASBURY GROVE are also 
reached by a branch Hne from Beverly, the trip 
being an especially pleasant one. There are great es- 
tates with handsome country houses, and little farm- 
houses with shoe shops attached, reminders of the 
days when shoes were finished in the homes of the 




WENHAM LAKE. 



workers, before the time of the great factories. Wen- 
ham Lake, a beautiful sheet of water, is passed, and 
after going near the golf links of the Myopia Hunt 
Club the car comes to Wenham and Hamilton rail- 
way station, a short distance from this fashionable 
North Shore country club. It is a short ride to 
Asbury Grove, noted as a summer resort and as a 
place of the annual Methodist camp meetings. 

The car from Salem to Beverly stops on Cabot 



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street in Beverly, running up alongside the car of the 
Gloucester, Essex & Beverly Street Railway Com- 
pany. Past the Briscoe School on the right this car 
goes, and then runs for a mile through streets with 
giant elms forming walls on either side, or arches 
overhead. Then the car comes out into open country, 
with granite outcrops on the hills, while the slopes 
are covered with green, and between them are mead- 
ows with waves of grass on their surfaces. At Lake. 
Shore avenue the Gloucester branch of the Boston & 
Maine Railroad is crossed and then the car goes rush- 
ing along a pretty country road where the wild flow- 
ers brush the running-boards, and past well-kept farm- 
houses, to come to Turtle Hill Park, with its observa- 
tory on a rocky hill at the right. 

Close to the woods, laden with the fragrance of 
their pine carpet, the car runs on and through Mont- 
serrat, a little summer settlement, to cross an arm of 
Longham meadow, with rocky Bald Hill rising on the 
right. Passing Thompson's Corner the traveler goes 
through the town of Wenham for a few minutes and 
then enters Hamilton. Going by Four Corners, at 
Woodbury's Crossing the railroad is again crossed, 
and then the car climbs a series of low hills, only to 
dash down again. Whether the hills be green with 
the fresh grass of spring, or sere in autumn, they are 
always beautiful, patches of running hemlock dotting 
the green or brown. At Crooked Lane Hill a branch 
line runs off to the northward to 

IPS^VICH. The ride is through a pretty farm- 
ing country, and coming to the old town, which was 
settled in 1633, a^ter the Penobscot Indians had laid 
waste the Indian village which stood there, the car 



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crosses Ipswich River. The town site was purchased 
for $100 by John Winthrop. Steamers run from here 
to Newbury, and plans are under way for the construc- 
tion of an electric line through the town of Rowley on 
to connect with Newburyport, Haverhill and Law- 
rence. 

Continuing from Crooked Lane Hill on the main 
line, the Gloucester car passes the town line into 
Essex, with Chebacco Lake, a popular resort for fish- 
ermen, ofif to the right. At Centennial Grove Junc- 
tion a line runs otT to the right to the Grove, where 
convenient picnic grounds are to be found. Then the 
car goes on to enter 

ESSEX FALLS, one of the most charming 
rural villages in all New England. After passing the 
power house of the electric railway company, on the 
right, the car comes to a picturesque old stone bridge 
over a little stream, while there is a ford above the 
bridge, through which horse^ may be driven to be 
watered. The car runs along Martin street into Essex, 
which has a handsome Town Hall and Library Build- 
ing, the gift of the late T, O. H. P. Burnham of Bos- 
ton, who once kept the Old South Bookstore. The 
town also has many pretty summer houses of wealthy 
Bostonians. 

Coming over the hills of Essex, the salt breezes 
blow in from the ocean, across the marshes which 
stretch away along the Essex River. Here is an old 
shipyard, and the car crosses the river near it, enter- 
ing South Essex. After leaving this little summer 
hamlet, the car goes for some distance through fra- 
grant pine woods, with an occasional farmhouse in 
view. Crossing a purling little stream, it then runs 



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through a gigantic granite gateway which seems as 
though it might have been made by nature for this 
purpose, and comes through Slough Hill, entering 
West Gloucester, 

From here the car goes up hill and down dale, 
whisking in and out of the woods, and finally coming 
out upon a hillside, from which one may have a charm- 
ing glimpse of Annisquam, off to the left, across the 
'Squam River, After going under the tracks of the 
railroad, and coming through another pine grove, 
there is a fine view of the rocky islands in the river. 
At Fernwood Lake, another collection of summer 
cottages, the road running off to Fernwood is seen at 
the right, and coming out upon the top of the hill and 
all the way down a long grade, there is a splendid 
view of Annisquam and Gloucester ahead. The car 
enters 

GLOUCESTER, over the arms of the 'Squam 
River, which makes Cape Ann an island at high tide, 
Rocky Neck, Ten-Pound Island and Eastern Point, 
with tlieir lighthouses are ofif to the right, in Glouces- 
ter Harbor, and on the left is the river, with schooners 
from the Annisquam fishing fleet. Below the great 
hotel on the right the surf beats ceaselessly on the 
sands. Entering the heart of the city the car stops at 
the street railway station where a change is made for 
the lines running along the north and south shores of 
the cape. Gloucester is the most famous fishing port 
in the world, and has been a fishing village since 1625. 
The fishing whar\'-es and "flakes," where fish are dried, 
are worth a visit. A street car line runs from the sta- 
tion to Rocky Neck, a popular resort. 

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125 



trip for North Shore summer residents and excursion- 
ists. Running out of the quaint old town one comes 
to a beautiful sandy beach, where are found, in addi- 
tion to sea bathing, a pavilion and dancing hall, bowl- 
ing alleys and other popular attractions. Only a 
short distance from the sandy beach is a bold and 
rocky shore, and the sea views are charming, especially 
in the direction of Thatcher's Island and its light- 
houses. 

The line along the north side of the cape runs 




SUNSET FROM BAY. 



through the pretty summer village of Riverdale to 
Annisquam with its handsome villas, and on to Bay 
View, with seaside cottages on one side and granite 
quarries on the other, and then on to the terminus at 
Lanesville, from the hills of which there are fine views 
of the northern Essex and New Hampshire coasts. 

From Lanesville, by taking a walk of a mile, one 
may come to Pigeon Cove, from which the return to 
Gloucester may be made on the electric line of the 
other side of the Cape. 

Taking the Pigeon Cove and Rockport trip, the 



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car for Rockport soon gets out of the town, after run- 
ning around some weather-beaten streets, and then 
goes through reaches of dehghtful rural scenery- At 
Beaver Dam a stone barn built in 1832 is passed on 
the left, and then the car climbs Baitcut Hill. From 
the standpipe on the top of this a magnificent ocean 
view is obtained, this point of vantage affording an 
opportunity to see even the South Shore as far as 
Plymouth. Descending the hill, Cape Pond Grove, 
a popular picnic groimd, is seen on the right as the 
car comes into 



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ROCKPORT, it 

runs by quaint old 
houses, which have 
the look of weather- 
beaten old salts, but 
which stand next 
door to modern sum- 
mer cottages. In- 
deed, some of these 
old houses are the 
summer residences 
of wealthy people 
who prefer the picturesque to the modern. Enter- 
ing the town, on the left is a Memorial Hall, and the 
cars, before starting on their journey to Pigeon Cove, 
make a complete circuit of the business part of the 
town, passing the ruins of a cotton mill destroyed by- 
fire some years ago. 

PIGEON COVE is reached by one of the finest 
electric car rides to be had anywhere. The line fol- 
lows Granite street, on the left being the granite quar- 
ries for which Cape Ann is noted, and from the car 



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Dne occasionally gets glimpses of great chasms from 
tvhich the stone has been taken for years. On the 
•ight, as the electric line makes a wide semi-circle, are 
:he rolling waters of the ocean, merging from deep 
3lue in the bay to a misty gray on the outer rim of the 
A^orld. Far out may be seen that terrible trap in the 
3pen sea known as the Salvages, and although the 
ivater below the car may be calm, a faint sound from 
icross the deep may be heard as the surf strikes on the 
•ocks which have wrecked more than one vessel in 
;ight of home. 

To obtain the best view of the ocean, one should 
;linib Pigeon Hill, at the end of the car line. The hill, 
o the left, is more than 200 feet above the level of the 
>ea, and from the summit parts of the coast line of 
hree states may be seen distinctly. To the south 
s the North Shore, and with a glass, the outline of 
he South Shore may be made out. Northward is the 
^ew Hampshire coast and the Isle of Shoals, and be- 
yond may be seen the mountainous coast of Maine. 
\head, the ocean view is truly magnificent, and the 
lext land that is to be seen by one who voyages east- 
vard beyond Straitsmouth Island and Thatcher's Is- 
and, with their lights, is the coast of England. 



On the South Shore by Trolley. 



ALONG the " South Shore." as that part of Mass- 
sachusetts Bay south of Boston Harbor is 
called, is a country which is much frequented 
by trolley excursionists. In this section of the his- 
toric Commonwealth are great parks, beautiful drives 
and walks, long sandy beaches, salt marshes, lakes, 
rivers and groves, and a succession of delightful vil- 
lages, with ever-changing charms of landscape. One 
may travel all day with pleasure on the electric cars 
which run from Boston and Quincy through the beau- 
tiful South Shore towns, to quaint, historic Bridge- 
water and beyond. Starting from Boston the Nepon- 
set car is taken to the Neponset River, which is the 
most attractive tidal stream near Boston, with no 
smoky factories or disagreeable mud flats lining its 
banks, but an overhanging growth of marsh grass 
reaching down to the water. Here a change is made 
to the cars of the Quincy & Boston Street Railway, 
and crossing the river, which is seen meandering 
along from the foot of the distant hills on the right, 
the car runs on to Atlantic, where a summer line of 
street cars runs oflf to the left, to 

SQUANTUM, a point much visited by excur- 
sionists, with picnic grounds and delightful marine 

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views. Here it was 
that Miles Stan- 
dish landed in the 
year 1621, and 
held council with 
the Indian sachem 
Chickatawbut. On 
the main line the 
car continues on 
through Norfolk 
Downs, the Mas- 
sachusetts Fields 
of olden time and 
rides past the park in Wollaston, just beyond which 
is the Peter Butler house, once the residence of 
the Black, Greenleaf and Butler families of Quincy. 
Passing under the shadow of Wollaston Heights, 
as they rise on the left, and which were once part 
of the grant to William Hutchinson, the car enters 
the interesting city of 



PETER BUTLER HOME. 



QUINCY, known all the world over for its 
ite, and closely 
linked to the his- 
tory of our coun- 
try. Before en- 
tering the Granite 
City one sees the 
famous quarries 
from which the 
stone goes to all 
the states in the 
Union, and even 
to foreign coun- 
tries. On the ride 



gran- 




ADAMS ACADEMY. 



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one passes the homestead of Charles Francis Adams, 
who was minister to England in the trying times 
of the Cival War. Adams Academy, seen on the 
right, was founded in 1823, by gift of President John 
Adams, and was opened for pupils in 1872. On the 
site of this building John Hancock was born. Quincy 
Square, which is soon reached contains many objects 

of interest, among which 
are a granite drinking 
fountain, a stone Town 
Hall and the First Unitar- 
ian Church, with massive 
granite pillars. Under 
this church lie the re- 
mains of John Adams, 
second president of the 
United States, and of 
John Quincy Adams, the 
sixth president, with those 
of their wives. The homes 
of the two presidents, now 
under the care of patri- 
otic societies, are only a 
short distance away, on 
the road to Braintree. 
Before continuing on the South Shore trip, one 
may well make the interesting short trip to East Mil- 
ton, to see the granite country. The cars run for a 
short distance on the trunk line to Braintree, turning 
to the riglit at I'ranklin and Water streets, and cross- 
ing the railroad at Quincy Adams station, not far 
from the Adams houses. At Brewer's Corner the 
granite district is entered. Here the great ledges of 
the splendid gray stone rise on every hand, with 




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houses perched precariously among the rocks. Two 
commodious brick schoolhouses, the Willard and the 
Gridley Bryant Schools, look quite out of place with 
such masses of granite around them. Soon the car 
turns to the north and after crossing the railroad 
tracks, all the way to East Milton may be seen the 
great quarries on the hillsides, while enormous der- 
ricks stretch their great 
arms on all sides. The 
railroad track beside 
which the cars run is 
built upon the road- 
bed of the first railroad 
in the United States, 
and the stone posts of 
the present railroad 
fence were once tics 
of the first railroad, 
upon which the origi- 
nal flat iron rails were 
laid. The railroad was 
built to carry stone 
from the quarries to 
the Neponset River 
when Solomon Wil- 
lard, the architect of 
Bunker Hill Monument, decided to use Quincy gran- 
ite for the building material. If the traveler stops 
for half an hour at East Milton, and walks a little 
distance down the railroad track, he may see a short 
section of the original road, with its granite ties in 
position, on what was then a turnout. An appro- 
priate bronze tablet marks the historic spot among 
the famous quarries. 




A TYPICAL QUARRY. 



132 DERRAH'S STREET RAILWAY GUIDE. 

Resuming the South Shore journey to visit Nan- 
tasket Beach, which is well worth another side trip, a 
car which runs through without change may be taken 
at Quincy Square, unless the passenger has taken the 
Nantasket car at Neponset, in which case no change 
is necessary. The Square is an important street rail- 
way junction, for beside the lines to East Milton, 
Squantam and Nantasket Beach, there are lines to 
Braintree, South Quincy, West Quincy and Hough's 
Neck, a popular summer resort, the different rides 
affording many contrasts and combinations of scen- 
ery. The Nantasket car passes out Washington 
street, through Quincy Point, formerly an important 
shipbuilding place, where many noble vessels were 
launched in the early part of the century. Crossing 
Weymouth Fore River, the car stops for a moment at 
New Downer Landing, formerly called Lovell's 
Grove, famed as a summer excursion resort. Beyond 
this is 

NORTH \A^EYMOUTH, formerly "Old Spain," 
where the cars of the Quincy & Boston con- 
nect with those of the Hingham Street Railway Com- 
pany, and until Hingham is reached, run over the 
state highway. "Old Spain" was the first settlement 
in the Commonwealth after Plymouth, and still has its 
original boundaries. It was founded by the buccaneer 
Weston in 1622. Soon after leaving the town the cars 
cross Weymouth Back River, so-called to distinguish 
it from. "P'ore" River, which was crossed in Quincy, 
and then run through a pretty wooded district belong- 
ing to the Peter Bradley estate. Off to the left a line 
runs to Fort Point and to the Bradley Fertilizer 
Works. Just before entering 



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133 



HINGHAM, the camp grounds of the First Corps 
of Cadets ma> be seen on the left, and also the home 
of Hon. John D. Long, Secretary of the Navy. Be- 




RESIDENCE OF JOHN D. LONG, SEGRETARV OF THE NAVY. 

fore arriving at the Hingham station, the Lincoln 
House, once the home of General Benjamin Lincoln, 
of the Revolutionary Army, may be seen on the right. 




THE HOME OF GEN. BENJ. LINCOLN. 



Hingham is one of the quaintest of old towns — "an- 
other Cranford," Mrs. Leslie called it. A short dis- 
tance out of Hingham, the car ascends a hill from 



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which there is a charming unobstructed view of Hing- 
ham harbor, and the surrounding country. From 
here the car runs swiftly through the beautiful Old 




THE OLD SHIP. 



Colony Woods, which cannot be excelled for sylvan 
scenery, to come out at 

NANTASKET, one of the finest sand beaches in 
the country, soon to be put under state care, and 




NANTASKET BEACH. 



where there are attractions enough to suit the tastes 
of anyone. Merry-go-rounds, roller-coasters, the 
chutes, a dancing pavilion, bowling alleys, shooting 



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135 



galleries and other devices for entertainment furnish 
recreation, while the walks on the hard sands, the rest- 
less surf, the open Atlantic, the rocks at the southern 
extremity of the beach with their varied marine life, 
and the splendid sea views, give pleasure to those of 
more quiet tastes. There are several good hotels at 
the beach. An electric line runs up the long neck of 
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Point Allerton and Hull. At Nantasket steamers may 
be taken for Boston and carriages secured for a drive 
along the famous Jerusalem Road, where many 
wealthy Boston people have their summer homes. 
The famous drive extends along the shore for nearly 
three miles, affording the traveler many beautiful 
views of the ocean, and a constant succession of fine 
architectural examples. 

On the return journey by electric car one may go 
back by the same route as far as Hingham, and then 



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take a car for East Weymouth, where connections 
may be made for Weymouth, Braintree, South Wey- 
mouth, Rockland, Brockton, Whitman, East Bridge- 
water and Bridgewater. Between Weymouth and 
North Weymouth is an eminence known as King Oak 
Hill, which was crowned by a giant oak until a few 
years ago, and it is said that the first settlers of Wey- 
mouth camped beneath its branches and gave the tree 




and the hill their names. In Weymouth is the famous 
Arnold Tavern, where the Committee of Safety met 
in Revolutionary times. Weymouth, South Wey- 
mouth and East Weymouth are full of historic old 
houses and the trolleys run through a succession of 
fine places. They also pass the largest boulder in 
eastern Massachusetts, House Rock. The locality 
is a famous one for the sportsmen who fish or shoot 
ducks. 



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137 



Running southward from Hingham, on the main 
hne of the journey, the ride is to 

HINGHAM CENTRE, over one of the finest 
streets in the world, nearly 200 feet wide, and lined on 
either side by double rows of giant elms. The car 
passes to the right of a meeting house erected in 1681, 
and said to be the oldest house of worship in the 



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United States in use at the present day. Leaving this 
beautiful thoroughfare, through Hingham Centre, the 
car passes through a rural district to South Hingham, 
and then to the old turnpike at 

QUEEN ANN'S CORNER, near which once 
dwelt three maiden sisters who remained loyal to the 
king through two wars and who claimed George IV 
as their sovereign fifty years after the Declaration of 
Independence was signed. Near Queen Anne's Cor- 
ner is Accord Pond, which takes its name from the 



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happy "accord" between the parties to an old contract. 
When a treaty with the Indians was to be made by the 
towns of Scitiiate, Abington and Hingham, the parties 
decided to meet at the junction of the boundaries of 
the three towns. As this was near the centre of the 
pond, the meeting was held on the ice. and an amica- 
ble settlement was made, after which the pond was 




given Its present name. From Queen Anne's Corner 
the car continues on to North Hanover, a town which 
dates back to 1633, and a line leads to Assinippi. 
which, as its Indian name indicates, is "a place of 
rocks and water," once a famous shipping mart. Run- 
ningf southwest to 



ROCKLAND, (East Abington) the car goes on 
wide, shaded streets which branch from Lane's Cor- 
ner. After leaving Rockland the street soon crosses 
the Plymouth line of the New York, New Haven & 
Hartford Railroad, and after a run through country 



DERRAH'S STREET RAILWAY GUIDE. I39. 

scenery, where leafy groves alternate with open fields 
and pastures, the town of 

WHITMAN is entered. This is a busy shoe 
manufacturing town, from which street railway lines 
run to Brockton on the west and northward to Abing- 
ton and North Abington. It is also a historic town, 
from which came planks for the Frigate "Constitu- 
tion," and where was cast the first church bell in the 
Colony, by Col. Aaron Hobart, who taught Paul Re- 
vere the art. From Whitman the journey is south- 
ward through a rural country to 

EAST BRIDGEWATER. This is a growing, 
and prosperous village, with several churches and 
varied manufactures. Here are fine old houses and 
the Washburn Library, the gift of Cyrus Washburn. 
Sachem Rock, Robins Pond and Matfield River afTord 
many picturesque views. It is only a short ride from 
here to 

BRIDGE WATER, an historic town, with many 
manufactures. The town, a part of the Indian domain 
of Nunketest, was bought, soon after the landing of 
the Pilgrims, of the Indian chief Massasoit, and was 
named Bridgewater in 1645, after the town in old 
Somersetshire. Colonial records state that the trans- 
action was made between the Indians and Myles 
Standish, Samuel Nash and Constant Southworth, and 
that the payment for this magnificent domain was 
seven coats, one and one-half yards to a coat, nine 
hatchets, eight hoes, twenty knives, four moose skins, 
and ten and one-half yards of cotton. It was in this 
town that Hugh Orr erected a trip-hammer, and in 
1748 made 500 muskets, the first turned out in Amer- 



I40 DERRAH'S STREET RAILWAY GUIDE. 

ica, for the province of Massachusetts. In the Revo- 
lution he made many brass and iron cannon and can- 
non balls for the Continental Army. The old forge of 
Orr was on the JNIatfield River. From Bridgewater 
direct connection may be made with Taunton, or the 
travellf^r may return to Boston by going to Brockton 
and from there to Ouincy via Holbrook or Randolph, 
reversing a part of the route given elsewhere, under 
"Into the Old Colonv." 



Mercantile Trust Co. 

WATER STREET, CORNER OF CONGRESS 
BOSTON, MASS. 

Officers : 

JosiAH Q. Bennett, Presiaent. 

Andrew W. Preston, Vice-Prest. J. E. Gilcreast, Treas. 

F. T. Monroe, Secretary. 

Interest Paid on Deposits Subject to Check. 

Corporation, Firm, Individual and Trust Accounts Solicited. 

Acts as Trustee under Wills or Otherwise. 

A General Banking Business Transacted. 

Directors: 

JosiAH Q. Bennett, A. W. Preston. Sumner C. Stanley. 

Denman Blanchard. Harry E. Russell. Hales W. Suter. 

S. S. Blanchard. Samuel Shaw. Abner J. Tower. 

A. N. Burbank. Alfred A. Glazier. H. O. Underwood. 

D. H. COOLIDGE. C. S. Hapgood. H. D. Yekxa. 

Livingston Gushing. Robert F. Herrick. Wm. A. Russell. 

Neil McNeil. C. A. Hopkins. Simon Davis. 

N. C. Nash. Charles L. James. Herbert H. White. 



Into the Old Colony. 



ONE of the grand trunk lines of electric railway 
southward from Boston runs through the "Old 
Colony" and the cities of Quincy, Brockton, 
Taunton and Fall River to Newport, New Bedford or 
Providence. The Boston Elevated Railway car is 
taken to Neponset, where a change is made to the 
Quincy and Boston line running to Quincy by the 
route described elsewhere. When paying the fare on 
the Quincy car, an eight-cent check to the South 
Braintree line may be obtained. Changing at Quincy 
Square to the car marked Braintree and Holbrook, a 
short ride brings one to the corner of Franklin Street 
and Independence Avenue. 

On the right are two old weather-beaten houses, 
one the birthplace of President John Adams, and the 
other the birthplace of President John Quincy Adams. 
The front door of the home of the elder Adams looks 
directly upon the end of the John Quincy Adams 
house. The John Adams place is occupied by the 
widow of a soldier, and is cared for by Adams Chap- 
ter, Daughters of the American Revolution. A fine 
view of West Quincy and its granite quarries is had 
as the car runs on into 

BRAINTREE, with its granite quarries, its shoe 
factories and general business, surrounded by a rich 

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agricultural country. Here is the famous ''trilobite 
quarry" known to geologists. Cars may be taken 
here for Weymouth, East Braintree, Hingham and 
Nantasket Beach. Passing through the town without 
change, the car comes to 



SOUTH BRAINTREE, passing Thayer Acad- 

-emy on the right, the gift to the town of General Syl- 

vanus Thayer, who left $200,000 for this purpose. 

-From here there are two lines to Brockton. One 




ITHPLACE OF JOHN ADAMS AND JOHN QUINCY ADAMS. 



^passes through Holbrook and Brookville, the former 
a shoe manufacturing town, with a Gothic Town Hall 
and Public Library, the handsome Winthrop Church, 
and many fine estates, notable among which is the 
Adams place. From Brookville there is a good view 
■of the surrounding country. Then the line runs into 
Montello, where connections are made with the 
Brockton, Bridgewater & Taunton Street Railway, 
■ and another ride of fifteen minutes takes the passenger 
to Brockton, going past Brockton Common and the 
shoe factories. 



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143 



The other Hne from South Braintree goes through 
Randolph. Changing to a Randolph car, the traveler 
goes by the cemetery on the left, and then by Stanwood 
Grove, a favorite place for picnics. Running past line 
farms and farm residences, the car reaches Central 
Square, 

RANDOLPH, where are located the Turner Li- 
brary, the Town Hall, the Congregational Church and 
the Howard House, a famous old hostelry. Changing 
to the cars of the Brockton Street Railway Company, 
tlie car passes the home of Mary E. Wilkins, the fa- 
mous New England writer, on the left. Crossing the 
liiip into 

AVON, the car passes the handsome residences 
of Hiram and David Henry Blanchard, retired shoe 
manufacturers. Going by the GifTord School and the 
Pumping Station which supplies Avon with spring 
water, one may see a ruined windmill on the old Por- 
ter farm, and after a short run 



HIGH LAND 
PARK is reached. 
This pleasure ground, 
which is owned by the 
Brockton Street Rail- 
way Company, is sit- 
uated in Avon and 
covers about twenty- 
four acres. It is 
doubtless one of the 
prettiest free parks 
in this section of the 




FOUNDATIONS OF A WINDMILL BUILT HALF A CENTURY 
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ZERUBBA8EL IV., A RESIDENT OF HIGHLAND PARK. 



State, being laid out in 
a very attractive manner, 
with beautiful walks, 
luxurious beds of flow- 
ers and masses of shrub- 
bery and comfortable 
shady nooks. 

From the Observa- 
tion Tower a very good 
view of the Park and 
surrounding country can 
be obtained. Among 
the numerous buildings 
located in the Park are 
the summer house, band stand, dancing pavilion, 
spring house, theatre, dining-room, etc. It is an 
ideal spot for picnic parties, as there is a splendid 
grove of chestnut trees under whose shade tables can 
be spread. Through the grove are scattered a large 
number of park swings, and plenty of seats are pro- 
vided in every portion of the grounds. 

Some of the amusement features are the stage at- 
tractions (a stage show being given every afternoon 
and evening, except Sunday, throughout the season) ; 
the band concerts, which are given every Tuesday and 
Thursday evenings, with a sacred concert each Sunday 
afternoon; tlie Zoo, which contains a fine collection of 
animals and birds, something new being introduced 
each season; the merry-go-round; dancing pavilion; 
ball grounds; mystic maze; shooting gallery, etc. 

There is also an especially fine electric fountain, 
which is a source of constant wonder and enjoyment as 
its vari-colored and ever-changing streams are seen 
shooting upward and then falling in graceful curves 



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to the basin below. The fact that this fountain cost 
nearly .S6000.00 will show that it is an exceptionally 
.fine one. 

One of the features of the Zoo is the famous bear 
"Zerubbabel," who came into public notice by his 
memorable trip from 'Frisco with the Golden Gate 
Commandery, Knight Templars, to Boston, on the oc- 
casion of the Triennial Conclave of the Grand En- 
campment of Knight Templars of the United States, 
held in Boston in August 1895. This bear was cap- 
tured, when a cub, in the mountains near San Fran- 
cisco by a member of the Golden Gate Commandery, 
and taken by them as a mascot on this trip. He was 
formally presented to the Bay State Commandery of 
Brockton, August 29, 1895, by the Golden Gate Com- 
mandery, while on a visit to that city. Zerubbabel 
makes the Park his home the year around, taking 
his long winter's nap there, and is always ready to 
welcome the summer visitors at the Park, and to eat 
the peanuts and candy with which the children de- 
light to feed him. The dining room is well equipped, 
and parties can be sure of finding there a plentiful 
supply of food, fruits, ice cream, and tonics, and at 
reasonable prices. The admission to the grounds is 
absolutely free. Small charges are made for the use 
of the merry-go-round, dancing pavilion and shooting 
gallery, and, of course, at the dining pavilion, but 
everything else is free. 

Amateur photographers will find at the Park an 
opportunity for taking quite a number of very fine 
pictures of various portions of the grounds and some 
of the buildings. The animals in the Zoo would also 
make interesting subjects. Soon after leaving here 
the car passes the residence of Harvey Crawford on 



146 DERRAH'S STREET RAILWAY GUIDE. 

the left, with its great greenhouses, and reaching the 
junction where the Holbrook car enters 

BROCKTON, a fine view is had of the Douglas 
Shoe Factories off to the left. Like Lynn, Brockton is 
a great "shoe town," sending its manufactures all over 
the civilized world. Along Main street the car passes 
the homes of many wealthy business men. Going by 
the Winthrop School and Ashland Cemetery, the car 
passes the Commercial Club house on the right, at 
Main and Spring streets, and then the car reaches 
Brockton Common, or Perkins Park, a centre for the 
many street railway lines entering the town. 

Radiating from here are four lines of railway to 
neighboring towns, one of them connecting with Ab- 
ington. North Abington and other places in the 
South Shore Country. Another line runs through a 
beautiful farming country, past a pretty pond, into the 
village of 

NORTH EASTON, where, in the great Ames 
factories, three-fifths of all the shovels made in the 
world are turned out. The town was the home of the 
late H. H. Richardson, who gave a new and distinct- 
ive stamp to American architecture, and it contains 
many beautiful specimens of his work. The handsome 
private estates of the Ameses are among the finest 
country places in the United States, and through the 
liberality of this family, the town has a beautiful High 
School, which, with the railroad station and the beau- 
tiful Memorial Church of the Unitarians are archi- 
tectural models. From North Easton cars connect 
with Norton, Mansfield and Attleboro, Another line 
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STOUGHTON, penetrating an agricultural dis- 
rict, this important shoe-making town, lying up 
mong the hills, from some of which beautiful vistas of 
ountry can be seen. Still another Brockton line di- 
erges to 

WHITMAN, another shoe town, from which a 
treet railway line connects with Abington and other 
laces along the South Shore Country. There are 
ivo ways of reaching Taunton from Brockton. The 
lost direct route is by way of the Taunton & Brockton 
itreet Railway line, which runs from Brockton south- 
ward over the old Boston and Taunton turnpike. 

The scenery is of an attractive character, the 
ountry views varying at every turn. The route leads 
lirough the western part of Bridgewater township, 
nth its delightful scenery, and then runs through the 
illage of Cochesset, in one place crossing an extensive 
wamp on a trestle bridge which is more than a mile 
Dng, and is a notable piece of electric railway engi- 
eering. Entering the town of Raynham, a short run 
rings the passenger to 

NORTH RAYNHAM, where the tracks of the 
Jew York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad are 
panned by a splendid steel trestle. From here it is 
nly a short distance into Taunton. The other line 
■om Brockton to Taunton runs through the suburb 
f Campello. passing the handsome residences of 
-Toses Packard and George E. Keith. Here a change 
; made to the cars of the Brockton, Bridgewater & 
'aunton Street Railway, which run past the homes of 
ictory workers, and then a country of market gar- 
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WEST BRIDGEW^ATER. The Female Sem- 
inary is passed on the left before reaching the Soldiers' 
Monument and West Bridgewater Square. Crossing 
the Taunton River, and running through open coun- 
try past the street railway power station, a good view- 
is had of the great Bridgewater standpipe, before en- 
tering 




VIEW ON THE TAUTNON RIVER NEAR TAUNHj. 



BRIDGEWATER, where connection is made 
by the electric railway with the towns of the South 
Shore. Going through the little village of Scotland, 
the next point of interest is Nippenicket Lake on the 
right, with its two pretty parks, Nippenicket and Pil- 
grim, the latter being controlled by the street railway 
company. This was an Indian camping ground and 
arrow-heads and other relics are often found. Both 
parks have fine groves, pavilions, boathouses and other 
attractions. 

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raunton Little River is passed on the right and John- 
;on's Pond on the left, both supplying water power 
or the great tack factories located there. A short 
ide brings one within view of the beautiful Taunton 
^iver, which the car follows for more than a mile, 
)assing the clubhouse of the Taunton Boat Club be- 
ore coming into 

TAUNTON, passing the City Hall and running 
nto City Square, or Taunton Green, the centre of 
he electric car lines which radiate from the city. The 
own is noted for its manufactures, yet is clean and 
)retty. It has among its institutions the buildings of 
he State Insane Asylum. Taunton was founded by 
^iss Elizabeth Pool, a pious Puritan of Taunton in 
)ld Somersetshire. The settlement prospered under 
he friendship of the Indians until 1676, when King 
'hilip's war broke out. Led by the son of Massasoit, 
he Indians attacked the place, but were repulsed, and 
t was from Taunton that was led the expedition 
vhich pursued the Indians until King Philip was 
:illed. 

Of the monuments of the present in Taunton, few 
:re more imposing than the Bristol County Court 
iouse, a magnificent gray stone building, located on 
Paunton Green, where are also the Post Ofifice and 
he City Hotel. Plere also is the first Unitarian 
rhurch, a rambling stone structure with Saxon 
owers. One of the great industries of Taunton is the 
"aunton Locomotive Works. 

Most of the points of interest in Taunton can be 
een by taking journeys on the lines of the Taunton 
)treet Railway. One branch runs to Brittaniaville or 
/Vhittenville, noted for its great silver-plating estab- 



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lishments and manufactories of table ware. Another 
goes to Prospect Hill, Scadding Pond or Weir (pro- 
nounced "Ware"), village, where twenty tons of iron 
are used daily in the manufacture of stoves by one 
company. Here was established the first bloomer 
iron furnace in New England, in 1656. 

Perhaps the most popular line of the Taunton 
Street Railway is that to Sabbatia Park, which v/as 
laid out and equipped by the comj^any. The park oc- 
cupies a delightful site upon the side of Sabbatia Lake, 

and is provided 
with a handsome 
grove, with rus- 
tic seats, swings, 
pavilions, tables, 
and everything 
for the entertain- 
ment of picnic 
parties, whlie 
there are many 
devices to interest 
the casual pleas- 
ure seeker. 
To continue the journey to Fall River and New- 
port, a change is made at City Square, Taunton, to 
the lines of the Dighton, Somerset & Swansea Street 
Railway. The car nms for a distance between hand- 
some residences, and then comes to the Taunton 
River again as Weir Village is entered. Leaving this 
busy spot behind, something more of rural life is seen 
on the wav to 




SABBATIA l-ARK. 



NORTH DIGHTON, where a beautiful old 
picnic grove is passed, known to local fame as the 



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15^ 



Passing along 



North Dighton Clambake Grounds. A short distance 
beyond is an ancient landmark, Dighton Furnace, and 
a paper manufactorv. 

With glimpses of the river the car runs on, near- 
ing Dighton, passing the old Hodijah Baylies place, 
now owned by Charles Noble Simmons. Entering 

DIGHTON, through the residence district, the 
car passes tlie Ur.itarian Church, Dighton Memorial 
Hall and two stove manufactories 
the river, one 
may see three 
small wharves 
running into the 
river from four 
old houses ; this 
was once the 
port of entry for 
Somerset, Taun- 
ton, and Troy 
(now Fall River) 
and the Custom 
House was in one 
of these old houses. Along the line of this railway, in 
June, may be seen hundreds of strawberry pickers. 
On Assonet Neck, across the River in Berkeley, is the 
famous Dighton Rock, inscribed with hieroghphics, 
variously credited to ancient Indians, Norsemen and 
Phoenicians. A ride of forty-five minutes from 
Taunton brings one to 




A SCENE ALONG THE LINE, 



DIGHTON ROCK PARK, owned by the 
Dighton, Somerset ik Swansea Street Railway Com- 
pany, picturesquely situated on the river bank. Be- 



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tween the street and the imposing main building, 
which is in the Moorish style of architecture, is a 
great lawn with planted shrubbery and carpet flower 
beds, gravel walks and bicycle paths. 

Inside the Park are bowling alleys, a dancing hall, 
billiard rooms, an immense dining hall and merry-go- 
rounds, while on the river are steam launches and 
row-boats. Band concerts and entertainments are 




A SCENE ALONQ THE LINE. 



given here on summer afternoons, and in the evening 
the park is brilliantly illuminated by thousands of 
electric lights. Adjoining the park is the fine club- 
house of the Taunton Boat Club. Leaving the Park, 
the car passes Broad Cove and climbs a hill, running 
through an avenue of elms into 

SOMERSET, a town rich in old mansions, some 
of which were built fronting upon the river, when the 
shipping interest was paramount here. Leaving the 



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town, the Taunton River again comes into view, and 
the hills of Fall River are seen in the distance. Soon 
the car reaches Slade's Ferry Bridge, over which the 
car runs into Rowenville, to take cars of the Globe 
Street Railway Company, which land them at City 
Hall. 

FALL RIVER, passing the magnificent station 
of the New Vork, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, 
the Court tlouse, the Armory, the Young Men's 
Christian Association, the handsome stone Public 
Library and the City Hall. From Fall River electric 
lines radiate east and south to New Bedford and 
Newport, respectively. 

The line from Fall River to New Bedford and 
Fairhaven runs through Westport Factory, Lincoln 
Park and North Dartmouth. Lincoln Park is mid- 
way between hall River and New Bedford, and is an 
attractive place, leased to the street railway company. 
Continuing on the main journey by electric car from 
Fall River to .Newport, there are bits of scenery which 
are distinctively American; then comes a corner 
which suggests old England, and here and there is 
seen a whirling windmill which reminds the traveler 
of Holland. The delights of the artist-traveler will 
be unbounded on this trip, especially if he makes it 
in autumn, when the country is at its best. The island 
part of Rhode Island was known to the Indians as 
Aquidneck, " Floating on the Water." The name 
of Rhode Island itself is said by some to be derived 
from Rood Eylandt or Red Island, given it by a 
party of Hollanders who first saw it when its forests 
were tinged with the autumnal crimson. But while 
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touched by the early frosts, it is ahvays beautiful, 
and the ride to the " Queen of Watering Places " 
is one of the most enjoyable to be found in New 
England. 

Starting from Fall River, the "Border City," 
which was once partly in Rhode Island, the cars of 
the Newport & Fall River Electric Railway run for 
a short distance through the cotton mill district, 
which is the largest textile industries centre in the 




POST TAVtRN, TIVtHTON 



world, and leaves the mills at the state line to enter 
the picturesque and historic town of 

TIVERTON. In the early days this town had 
its share of the Indian fighting, and here the seven 
Church brothers started their menhaden fisheries, 
which caught fish from the sea all the way from Canada 
to Cape Hatteras. Later, the fishermen became whal- 
ers, and sailed around Cape Horn to the Pacific seas. 
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Bridge, which was erected some nine years ago, and 
considered by Tivertonians, the eighth wonder of 
the world. It divides the towns of Tiverton and 
Portsmouth, and is the only means of reaching the 
island part of Rhode Island, except by boat. Below 
the heights, near the bridge, is the new Island Park, 
over which blow the fresh breezes, salt laden, from 
the Seaconnet. Leaving the water and turning to the 
left, the car enters 




VIEW FROM STONE BRIDGE. 



NEWTOWN, where Ann Hutchinson settled 
with her followers. From here the journey is south- 
ward along a country road, walled in by boulders and 
shaded by great trees, passing now and then a 
delightful old farmhouse, with its well-sweep and 
" old oaken bucket." Near here is the Glen, the 
private estate of Henry A. C. Taylor, with its little 
church in which Dr. Channing, the great apostle of 
Unitarianism, once preached. On the right is Law- 



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ton's Valley, rich in trees and verdure, watered by a 
small stream flowing eastward. Then the car begins 
to ascend the slopes of Quaker Hill, the view from 
which is of surpassing beauty. Looking backward, 
the hills of Fall River may be seen, while Tiverton 
appears in the near distance of the valley below. 
The farms around are blocked out by stone walls. 
Off to the right the Providence River rises and falls 
with the tide, and on the left can be seen the East 
River, or East Passage, with a white-sailed yacht 
shining on its blue surface. Ahead is 

PORTSMOUTH VILLAGE, and through this 
the car runs on its way to Newport. In Portsmouth, 
Coddington and his friends established the settlement 
of Pocasset before moving on to Newport. It is 
hard to realize that this little village, in which the 
most prominent point of interest is now the Town 
Hall, was once the seat of the General Assembly of 
Rhode Island, sharing the honor with Providence, 
Newport and Warwick. There are enchanting views 
in all this portion of the journey. The river flows 
smoothly in the valley below, and on either hand rise 
the hills, dotted by comfortable farmhouses. A short 
distance beyond the town is the Vanderbilt farm, or 
" Oakland Farm," as it is called, which was once 
owned by August Belmont, and on which stood the 
Terfey Tea House, some ten years ago moved to a 
location nearer Newport. Passing the great farm 
the car soon comes to St. Mary's Church on the 
right, in memory of Raymond Belmont, half hidden 
behind stately pines. The old stone church, with its 
peaceful burying ground, is well worth a visit. Pass- 
ing the Terfey Tea House, leaving the farming coun- 
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MIDDLETOWN, the 

traveler is in the only 
town in the state without 
a village or a postoffice. 
Here a final glimpse is had 
of the East Passage, on 
the left, and a panoramic 
successionof hillsand dales 
is presented. Beyond the 
Middletown line, after a 
pleasant run between more 
farms, the car passes to 
the right of the famous Bri- 
er Tea House, for many 
years the scene of festivi- 
ties in which the wealth and 
beauty of Newport was 
prominent, and now often 
visited by bicycling and coaching parties from New- 
port. Beyond here, any day in the year when the 
wind serve;, one may see quaint old windmills, with 
all sails spread, revolving their giant arms to run the 
machinery which grinds out the famous Rhode Island 
corn meal. Seen in the dusk of evening one may 
imagine these windmills to be great monsters, as did 
Don Quixote that one against which he made his 
noted charge. Whirling along on the electric car, 
the traveler soon begins to realize that he is ap- 
proaching Newport, and climbing a small eminence 
the watering place and the ocean are in full view. 
The great Vanderbilt and Gcelet mansions loom up 
in the distance like castles. Off to the left may be 
seen the quiet waters of Norman Pond, from which 
Newport obtains its water supply. Going down the 



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hill and turning off West Main road to the left, the 
car makes another ascent, climbing Honeyman's 
Hill from which another good, view is obtained, 
Coddington Cove and Coddington Point being seen 
off to the right as the car enters 

NEWPORT. Soon after crossing the line the 
car runs between fine farms where herds of cattle 
graze in one pasture, horses in another, and here and 
there a flock of sheep add to the picturesque quality 
of a naturally beautiful landscape. In the northerly 
part of Newport the car runs to the left of Tammany 
Hill, or Miantonomy Hill, as it was known in the old 
days. When William Coddington and his friends 
settled Newport in 1639, they found the whole island 
governed by a local sachem named Wannumetonomy, 
who was subject to the sachem of the Narragansetts. 
He lived on this hill, to which the settlers gave the 
latter part of his name, but even this abbreviation 
did not suffice, and the name was shortened to 
Tonomy, which a later generation corrupted to 
Tammany. This hill was fighting ground in Revo- 
lutionary times, and even now may be seen remains 
of the breastworks thrown up by the British under 
Sir Robert Pigott. Readers of Thomas W. Higgin- 
son's " Malbone : a Romance of Oldport," will be 
interested to know that this land was once owned and 
occupied by the family of the artist Malbone. Here 
they entertained in royal style, but one day in 1766 
the house was burned, the fire starting as a party of 
guests were sitting down to dinner. Leaving the 
hill and all its historic associations, the ride into 
Newport is through varying natural scenery, the 
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)ine groves, giant boulders, rock masses and ledges, 
vhi e glimpses of the ocean may now and then be 
;een, and on the water's edge, to the right, are views 
)f the United States Naval War College on Coaster's 
-iarbor Island. Over the bay, beyond, lies in full 
aew, the village of Jamestown, on Conanicut Island. 
50on the car comes to One Mile Corner, and leavmg 
he open country, runs into the town. As it passes 
;outh on Broadway, many of the handsome residences 
or which Newport is famous are seen, and after 
eaving Equality Park, with its fine Soldier's Monu- 
nent, the car passes the Parade Grounds and Wash- 
ngton Park, on the right, before reaching the centre 
if the cit^^ and the terminus of one of the pleasantest 
ourneys which can be made by electric car. 




THt OLD STONE MILL, NEWPORT. 



To the Historic Southwest. 



FROM Taunton to Providence a direct line runs 
southwest, opening up to the traveler a section 
of country of great historic interest, and here- 
tofore reached only \\'ith some difficulty. The line 
runs through the villages of VVestville, Annawan 
Rock, Rehoboth, Seekonk and East Providence, and 
every mile of the journey is over historic ground. 
Here it was that the battles of King Philip's war 
were fought to the death, and in this lovely spot, in 
1636, the hermit Blackstone settled, having left the 
" tyranny of the lords-brethren." The Reverend 
Samuel Newman, who led here a little flock from 
Weymouth, found the eccentric Blackstone in posses- 
sion, but there was room in Rehoboth for them all, 
as nearly all the territory covered by this new elec- 
tric line was then in that town. 

Starting from Taunton, where it connects with 
electric lines from Boston, Brockton and elsewhere, 
the Providence & Taunton line runs to the southwest, 
soon leaving the city behind, and entering a beauti- 
ful rural country in the corner of the town of Digh- 
ton. The car soon passes on the left, the famous 
Annawan Rock, in Squannakonk swamp, where 
Captain Benjamin Church captured Annawan, the 
last leader of King Philip's warriors, who was be- 
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Church that his Hfe should be spared, and in the 
face of the protests of his captor. About a mile 
farther on, the car passes, on the right, the Annawan 
Hotel, known as the half-way house from Providence 
to Taunton. The town of 

REHOBOTH, in which the traveler now finds 
himself, has an interesting history. It was once the 
rival of Boston for the honor of being the capital 
city of Massachusetts, and was defeated by only a 
few votes. Broken-hearted, it settled down into a 
quiet despondency, from which the electric cars are 
just beginning to awaken it. On the right of the 
electric line are the Baptist church and the power 
house of the Providence & Taunton Street Railway 
Company, the latter erected at a cost of $40,000. 
Opposite the power house, shaded by a giant elm, is 
the Goff Memorial Hall, on the site of the Goff 
Homestead, and containing the Blanding Library, 
the gift of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Bicknell ; a 
hall for meetings, a school room, and the collections 
of the Antiquarian Society. The antiquarian rooms 
contain many valuable colonial relics, among which 
is King Philip's kettle, and also hold the fine collec- 
tion of relics from the Holy Land, the gift of Esek 
H. Pierce. Beyond the postofifice on the left, where 
John C. Manvel has served as postmaster for fifty- 
two years, is the Congregational Church, and then 
the car runs through two and one-half miles of rural 
scenery, crossing the town line into 

SEEKONK, and soon entering a little country 
village. The car passes on the right, the new town 
hall and then goes by the great Hopkins Stock Farm, 



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known locally as the " Potter Place." The handsome 
residence of Mrs. Amy Potter, wife of E. H. Potter 
and daughter of the late W. H. Hopkins, is one of 
the places of interest, and the barns where stock of 
high pedigree is kept are seen on the left before 
coming to the residence. Across the way are the 
stables of Mr. Potter, where many fine hcrses are 
kept and trained. The stock farm is near the East 
Providence line, which is also the state boundary be- 
tween Massachusetts and Rhode Island, and the car 
approaches the town after crossing a meadow, and 
runs beside a brook which is a favorite haunt for 
artists. This town is where the Newman Church 
settlement was made, and it was one of those villages 
which suffered by fire in the Indian wars. Crossing 
the narrow township, the traveler comes within sight 
of the long arm of Providence River coming down to 
meet the swelling tide. Crossing this stretch of 
flowing water, the terminus of the line is reached, in 
Providence, where connections may be made with 
the various city street railway lines. Along most of 
the route the scenery is distinctively rural in char- 
acter, with views of fertile farms, shady groves, 
tangled wildernesses and wide-spreading meadows. 



R. H. DERRAH 

MAKES A 
SPECIALTY OF 

Trolley Excursions 



A Journey Inland by Trolley. 



ONE may now ride from Boston westward to 
Worcester and from there to Fitchburg, by one 
of the great trunk lines of electric railway 
which penetrates the "Heart of the Commonwealth." 
From the Subway the ride is by the Newton Boule- 
vard and Commonwealth avenue cars as far as Wash- 
ington street in Newton, by the route taken in going 
to Norumbega Park, which may well be visited before 
continuing on the Worcester trip. At Washington 
street a change is made to the Wellesley & Boston 
Street Railway cars, going past the Woodland Park 
Hotel, over the Boston & Albany tracks and by the 
Newton Cottage Hospital before coming to 

NEWTON LOWER FALLS. The terminus 
is at the bridge, below which are the falls, the water 
power being vised to run the woolen factory on the 
right. Changing to the cars of the Natick & Cochit- 
uate Street Railway, the ride is along Washington 
street to 

WELLESLEY HILLS. Between handsome 
elms the car runs past Elm Park Hotel on the right 
and the Wellesley High School on the left. Follow- 
ing the railway line, which goes through a deep cut in 

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the rocks, and going through an open country, the 
car runs into 

WELLESLEY, the Town Hall and Public Li- 
brary being seen on an eminence to the right. These 
were a gift to the town by Hollis Hunnewell, whose 
beautiful place is one of the features of Wellesley, 
and at Wellesley Square carriages meet those who 
wish to visit the fine estate, reached after a fifteen- 
minute ride. From here a line runs to Needham where 
connections are made with cars for various parts 
described elsewhere. Resuming the journey at the 
Square the cars turn into Central street, and reach- 
ing Blossom street the first view is had of Wellesley 
College, off to the left, the spires the buildings being 
seen above the trees. The car runs for a mile along 
the college grounds, passing West Stone Lodge, one 
of the entrances. On the right Morse's Pond is seen, 
and on the left lovely Lake Waban, where the college 
girls row. At the bridge between the two lakes, 
known as Wellesley Lakes Station, Pond street passes 
off to the left, between the college grounds and the 
Hunnewell estate, past which the car runs for some 
distance before entering 

NATICK. This old town, devoted to the mak- 
ing of shoes, was where Henry Wilson, afterwards 
vice-president, served an apprenticeship at the shoe- 
maker's bench. Transfers may be made here for 
Felchville, North Natick and Cochituate, and South 
Natick. The last named is an historic town on the 
Charles River. The ride is a short and pleasant one, 
over a hill which gives a wide view of the upper 
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Hotel, a famous old tavern. This town was where 
John Eliot had his Christian Indian village, and where 
he translated the Bible into Indian language. The 
only monument to his memory is a giant elm under 
which he used to preach. South Natick is the original 
Oldtown of Harriet Beccher Stowe's '"Oldtown 
Folks." 

From Natick there are two lines to South Fram- 
ingham. One is by way of Saxonville, while the more 
direct route is by the South Middlesex car, taken at 
Natick Common. A walk to the left brings one to this 
car, near the Natick Soldiers' Monument. A few 
steps away, on Central street, is the old Wilson house. 
Across the Common is the Morse Public Library. 
After leaving Natick the car passes the site of the In- 
dian Burying Ground, on the right, then Dug Pond 
and the reservoir of the Natick Water Works, and 
then crosses an arm of Lake Cochituate. Dell Park 
Cemetery is passed, and ascending Hogan's Hill there 
is a fine view of Natick, and in the distance on the left, 
is the State Reformatory for Women at Sherborne. 
Following the railroad tracks and crossing Beaver 
Dam brook, South Framingham is entered. 

The Natick c*^ Cochituate car for Saxonville starts 
from the railroad station in Natick. Crossing the rail- 
road and going along Main street it comes in sight of 
Lake Cochituate on the left, and then passes, on the 
same side, the Sunnyside Trotting Park. Through 
Felchville the car runs into the little village of 

COCHITUATE, thence past farms until Dudley 
Pond, on the right, with its fine grove, is reached. A 
little further on, from the hilltop, a splendid view is 
had of the lake, its banks shaded by tall trees, and its 



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inlets running up into the meadows. Continuing on, 
the car passes to the left of the home of the Reverend 
Father Murphy, founder of the John Boyle O'Reilly 
Band. Among the attractions of the place is a mena- 
gerie. Running down the hill the car line terminates 
at the railroad tracks in 

SAXONVILLE. From here the Framingham 
Union Street Railway operates a line to South Fram- 
ingham, recently changed from a horse-car line to an 
electric. The first point of interest is Wayside Park, 
on the left, with its pretty pine and chestnut grove, 
baseball grounds and bicycle track. This is also a 
popular resort for picnic parties, provided with all the 
necessary buildings for the accommodation of those 
seeking a day's outing. Inarms, with their crops and 
cattle, are passed after leaving Wayside Park, and a 
short run brings one to the State Militia Grounds on 
the right. Here, if the visitor goes when the Massa- 
chusetts Volunteer Militia is in camp, he will see long 
rows of white tents, the gay life of the military canton- 
ment, and the Stars and Stripes floating from the top 
of a tall flagsta^. As the car enters South Framing- 
ham, residences and business blocks are passed, and 
the terminus is reached at the railroad crossing. 

From South I'ramingham there is a branch line 
to Ashland and Hopkinton, via the South Middlesex 
Street Railway. The car passes manufacturing plants, 
and on the right the handsome Nevins estate on the 
Sudbury River. Going through Ashland, and pass- 
ing Green Meadow Farm, the car enters Hopkinton. 
Here the Poor Farm buildings are passed on the right, 
and at the top of Meeting House Hill is the historic 
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years old. The car passes the Pubhc Library and 
Post Office in Hopkinton Centre. 

Another branch h'ne from South Framingham 
reaches Milford and Hopedale. The car passes Lake 
Waushakum on the right, and about two miles out 
of town goes up Whitney's Hill; after running 
through a rural country 

EAST HOLLISTON is entered, the nail fac- 
tory of Representative Talbot being seen on the left, 
and the Holliston Pumping Station and the street 
car company's power house on the right. Beyond 
this the line passes two elms, more tnan 125 years 
old, one measuring twenty-eight and the other thirty- 
two feet in circumference. On both sides are hand- 
some residences. On Mount Hollis, on the right, 
signal fires warned early settlers of Indian Invasions. 
In Holliston the car passes the Methodist Church, an 
old cemetery, a Soldiers Monument, the Town Hall, 
and back from the road the Holliston High School. 
On the left are the Catholic Church and the Talbot 
residence. Opposite is the Congregational Church. 
Beyond Holliston Centre the car climbs Phillips 
Hill, and about two and one-half miles beyond, on 
the right, is a house built in 1791. Passing an old 
cemetery, the car enters Milford, running between 
the famous Milford granite quarries. From here a 
branch line runs off to Medway, passing through 
West Medway. Leaving the churches and the Town 
Hall of Milford, the car goes to Hopedale, the home 
of William H. Draper, Minister to Italy. The fine 
Memorial Hall in the town was given by him. Hope- 
dale is a pretty town, with macadamized streets lined 
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SOUTH FRAMINGHAM is an important rail- 
road centre, and its tributary electric lines contrib- 
ute in no small degree to its importance. Lines run 
from here to Milford and Ilopedale, Medway, Ash- 
land. Hopkinton and Framingham Centre, as well as 
to Saxonville and Boston by the routes previously de- 
scribed. The route to Framingham Centre, on the 
way to Worcester, via the Framingham & Marlboro 
Electric Railway, is well shaded for the entire dis- 
tance, and the scenery is of a diversified character. A 
short distance out of South Framingham, the car line 
passes the Fair Grounds on the right and Lakeview 
Camp Grounds on the left, where the New England 
Assembly of the Chautauqua meets every year in 
July; then climbs a hill from which is afforded a 
splendid view of Farm Pond, on the left. The Sud- 
bury Aqueduct runs across this pond. Passing the 
fine Day place on the left, the Sudbury River itself is 
soon reached, and ahead can be seen the State Nor- 
mal School building in 

FRAMINGHAM CENTRE. The car runs to 
the right of Normal Hill, on which are situated the 
school buildings and the standpipe of the Framing- 
ham Water Works. The little village of Framingham 
is an interesting place, once situated on the main line 
of travel from Boston to New York, when it had a 
famous inn. The town is built around a level green, 
on which front the Town Hall, the old church and the 
Academy, founded in 1792. From Framingham 
Centre the road leads along the shores of one of 
the old basins of the Metropolitan Water System, 
and then past the new Sudbury Basin, officially 
known as No. 5, into the village of Fayvillc. The 



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traveler will see much that is of interest along the 
route of this great water supply system, the car 
crossing an arm of the great basin after leaving 
Fayville. Then it soon goes over the bridge of the 
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railway, and 
passes the Catholic church in 

SOUTHBORO. This is one of the pretty rural 
hill towns of Central Massachusetts and has a Sol- 
diers' Monument in the green in front of the Congre- 
gational church. In this town, also, is the Episcopal 
St. Mark's School, with its handsome stone chapel. 
Leaving the village, the new plant of the famous 
Deerfoot Farm Company is passed and a quick run 
is made to Marlboro Junction, a short distance be- 
yond which are the car houses of the company, nearly 
opposite the old Parmenter Farm. Back of this farm, 
on the hill, are the lands of the Chestnut Hill Associa- 
tion. From a hill which the car ascends, one gets a 
view of the factories and shops, and soon a turn brings 
him to Main street in the city of 

MARLBORO, interesting in many ways. Here 
was a village of Eliot's Christian Indians, known as 
Okommakamesitt, and King Philip's warriors at- 
tacked the place in 1676. The modern town has much 
of interest, also. On the left of Main street is Holy 
Trinity (Episcopal) Church, presented to the parish 
by J. Montgomery Sears of P>oston, and then comes 
the business district of the town. The New York, 
New Haven & Hartford station is on the left, and as 
the cars ascend the street at the farther end of the 
town, the new High School building is seen on the 
right. At the Soldiers' Monument a change is made 



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to the cars of the Worcester & Marlboro Street Rail- 
way Company. Nearly opposite the monument is the 
G. A. K. Hall, in front of which hangs the original 
John Brown bell, captured and buried by Marlboro 
boys while in the army, and afterwards dug up and 
brought here. 

Before going on to Worcester it is worth while to 
make a side trip to Hudson, on the branch line from 
Marlboro. Instead of leaving the car at the Soldiers' 
Monument, however, the passenger should keep on 
until the Fitchburg Railroad station is reached. Here 
a change is made to the Hudson line, on Friend Hill. 
Hudson is 325 feet lower than the altitude of Marl- 
boro, and the descent is something like a toboggan 
slide. 

After running down Mechanic street in Marlboro, 
a sharp turn to the left is made and the car leaves the 
roads, running through the fields and woods. Down 
the hillside it plunges, af^ordmg ever-changing views. 
Halfway to Hudson there is a little rise, but it is only 
to prepare for a second plunge down a wooded slope. 
Finally the car, after its cross-country run, comes out 
on the Northboro and Hudson road, close to the 
Brigham House, more than a century old. Near here 
is the Riverside Trotting Park. The Assabet River 
flows on the left, and between it and the road is Wood 
Park, presented to the town by Marshall Wood in 
1896. A short distance beyond, the car stops in 

HUDSON. This is a thriving inland Massachu- 
setts town, and the business district, which was wiped 
out by a disastrous fire in 1894, has been rebuilt. 
From here a line will be in operation next summer 
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will have fifteen minutes to visit the falls of the As- 
sabet and look about the town before starting on 
the return journey. In an hour he is in Marlboro 
again, and a minute's walk will bring him to the mon- 
ument, where he will take the Worcester car. 

Resuming the journey on the main line, after pass- 
ing by the Bigelow School, the car runs up hill and 
down until Lake Williams is reached. This lake is the 
source of Marlboro's water supply, and the reservoir 
and standpipe are seen farther on, at the right, after 
the car turns to run between the lake and St. Ann's 
Convent, situated on a hill at the right. A short dis- 
tance beyond the reservoir the car passes a "little red 
schoolhouse" of the old-fashioned kind, opposite 
which is a fine distant view of the surrounding: coun- 
try. The car soon passes the Rice mansion, a white- 
painted building in the early colonial style of architec- 
ture, with ends of brick, and beyond is the Seaver 
place, a brick house in which Edwin P. Seaver, super- 
intendent of the public schools of Boston, was born. 
Running past fields and woods, and passing the wait- 
ing station near Woodside Mills, the car crosses the 
new Metropolitan aqueduct just completed to Soutli- 
boro. At the right is the bridge which carries the 
aqueduct across the Assabet River, a piece of great 
engineering skill. As the car approaches 

NORTHBORO, the magnificent private grounds 
of Mr. Wesson, of Smith & Wesson, the widely- 
known firearms manufacturers, are observed on 
both sides of the road. The Gale Public Library, a 
fine architectural example, is seen on the left as 
Northboro village is entered. In the village church- 
yard is the grave of Rabbi Judah Monis, who re- 



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nounced Judaism in 1722, and afterwards become 
teacher of of Hebrew in Harvard College, where he 
remained until his death in 1761. 

WESTBORO is reached by taking a branch line 
from Northboro. The line turns to the left and goes 
across country, passing, on the right, the Davis Man- 
sion, a famous resort for wheelmen and tourists, and 
the Lyman School for Boys, on the hill at the left. 
Westboro is the seat of a State Reform School. This 
town was in the old Indian domain of Maguncook. 

Again continuing on the main line from Northboro 
to Worcester, the car passes the Northboro stores and 
the Soldiers' Monument, and soon runs into a country 
of verdant fields. Elm Tree Inn, on the right, is the 
next point of interest, and then there is a long run 
through a country of farms and woods, with pleasing 
rural scenes on either hand, until the passenger enters 

SHREWSBURY. At the entrance of the vil- 
lage, on the left, is the Ward Mansion, once the home 
of Artemus Ward, who was a major in the siege of 
Louisburg in 1758, and who commanded the Ameri- 
can forces besieging Boston until the arrival of Wash- 
ington, who made the house famous by stopping there 
on his journey. The house is low and rambling, and 
the great brass knocker on the door proclaims its an- 
tiquity. Levi Pease, who started the first line of mail 
stages between Boston and New York, in 1784, was 
born here. Shrewsbury is built along a village street, 
and the car runs through it, all the way up hill, at the 
farther end of the street passing the Town Hall, 
churches and .Soldiers' Monument. 



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A turn to the left is soon made, and the line runs 
for the most part down hill with a glorious view of 
valley and hills beyond at the right, and Worcester 
visible in the distance. Soon the old turnpike is reach- 
ed, and another descent brings one to Lake Quinsig- 
amond, with its hotels, pavilions and cottages. The 
lake is deep and narrow, four miles long, and contains 
twelve islands. Here the regattas of the Worcester 
Boat Club, and sometimes those of the New England 
Association of Amateur Oarsmen, are held. Doubt- 
less many trolley excursionists wish to stop here, and 
they may do so without extra charge, for at this point 
the car runs on the tracks of the Worcester Consoli- 
dated Street Railway Company, and another fare is 
taken. After leaving the lake, the electric line follows 
for some distance the tracks of the narrow gauge road 
through the fields and near the tracks of the Boston 
& Albany Railroad. 

At the right the State Insane Asylum, a massive 
granite structure, is seen in the distance, and shortly 
after, the car turns into Shrewsbury street, and runs in 
a bee-line to the Union Station in Worcester. If the 
traveler keeps on the car to the corner of Main and 
Front streets, a free transfer may be had to any of 
the cars of the Worcester Consolidated Street Railway 
Company. 

Two lines of the Worcester & Suburban Street 
Railway run westward from Worcester. One passes 
down the Blackstone valley for some thirteen miles, 
with a variety of river and hill scenery, going through 
Millbury, Saundersville and Rockdale, while the other 
goes westward over the State road to Leicester, Spen- 
cer and West Warren. Taking the Spencer car and 



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passing the company's ofiices on Front street, the ride 
is through Portland, Southbridge, Hamlin, Canterbury 
and Tremont streets, there being a view from Tre- 
mont street, of Holy Cross College on the field off to 
the left. 

At Webster Square a line diverges to Hope Cem- 
etery and Trowbridgeville, while the main-line car 
runs on Main street past the Old Ladies' Home. After 
leaving the city, a trout hatchery is seen on the left, 
and at Apricot street, on the right, a mile walk brings 
one to a rock in the face of which is carved a deed be- 
queathing the surrounding country to Almighty God. 
Beyond Apricot street. Kettle Brook runs on the left, 
and Valley Falls, with its mills, is soon passed. Then 
the car reaches 

LEICESTER, the first village in which is know 
as Cherry Valley. Beyond this are groves, and Waite's 
Pond is seen beyond the Catholic Church on the left. 
The car then leaves the State highway and runs on 
Winslow avenue, through the estate of Hon. Samuel 
E. Winslow, whose handsome residence is at the left, 
and going through Baxton street, once more enters 
the State road. As a turn is made to the right Leices- 
ter Common is passed, with its churches, the Town 
Hall and Leicester Academy. 

From here the car runs down an incline, past the 
pretty stone Public Library Building, the street rail- 
way power house and offices, and then ascends Mount 
Pleasant, passing a house which was one of the inns 
where the Worcester and Springfield stages stopped. 
Just beyond here the electric car reaches an elevation 
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on the left, at the Spencer town Hne there is Mount 
Wachnsett on the right as the car enters 

SPENCER, which is seen in the distance. Pass- 
ing through "Moose Hill Farm," owned by Rufus 
Sibley of Rochester, N. Y. Beyond the farm the town 
is in full view, and after passing Lake Whittemore and 
the public park on the right the car enters the village, 
running past the High School and near the boot fac- 
tory of Isaac Prouty & Co., the largest of its kind in 
the world. Beyond here the line runs through a beau- 
tiful pastoral country, with many fine views of the 
hills, to enter Warren, beyond which is West Warren, 
a beautiful summer resort and the terminus of the 
electric line. 

In addition to these lines of the Worcester & Sub- 
urban, there is a shorter line, running from the city out 
to North Grafton. Starting from the Union Station 
and crossing the railroad tracks, the line soon leaves 
the city behind, and on the left may be seen Flint's 
Pond, and then Hovey's Pond, before reaching North 
Grafton, where is located the home of the Worcester 
Country Club, with its golf links and other sporting 
activities. Another line will soon be in operation be- 
tween Worcester and Webster. 

From Worcester the main line of this journey con- 
tinues to Fitchburg, a change being made to the cars 
of the Worcester & Clinton Street Railway either at 
the Railroad Station or at the City Hall, in Worcester. 
Soon after leaving the business district of the city, the 
car runs over Paine hill, from which there is a wide 
view of the country about. Passing the Poor Farm, 
on the right, the line runs across a corner of the town 



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of Shrewsbury. Here the ride is through a farming 
country, one of the houses passed being once the 
homestead of the world-famous temperance advocate, 
John B. Gough. Then the car runs along through a 
pleasant country to enter 

BOYLSTON CENTRE, which recently cele- 
brated the hundredth anniversary of its founding. 
From here a view is had of Mount Wachusett, ofif to 
the right. Eoylston Centre is an interesting town, 
and in the valley below lies the great Wachusett Basin 
of the Metropolitan Water System, from which Boston 
is to receive its water supply. The car follows along 
the basin for more than three miles, and the traveler 
has a good opportunity to study the great engineering 
work, as the slope to the basin from the railroad tracks 
is precipitous. 

The view from this portion of the road is an inspir- 
ing one, with the sharp contrast of man's handiwork 
with that of nature, the deep valley and the panorama 
of farms and farm-houses being framed in a back- 
ground of high verdure-clad hills. On the right hand 
there is a screen of small trees, but the old landmark of 
Wachusett is visible for a large part of the distance. 
After leaving the car house in Boylston Centre, a little 
school house on the left is passed, called the Seven Na- 
tions School. The odd name is derived from the local 
report that at one time the school had only seven pu- 
pils, representing seven different nationalities. Still 
continuing through a farming country, of the New 
England type, the car comes to 

CLINTON, with the standpipe and reservoir on 
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Here the operations of the Metropohtan Water Sys- 
tem are in a well-advanced stage. Clinton is a pretty 
manufacturing town and has a handsome Memorial 
Hall. Here a change is made to the car of the Leo- 
minster & Clinton Street Railway, which soon crosses 
the south branch of the Nashua River. A detour is 
made through the well-kept streets and past the pretty 
little park surrounded by churches, and the Town 
Hall, and then the car goes up a hill. A^fter a pleasant 
ride of fifteen minutes the little village of 

SOUTH LANCASTER, is reached, and a look 
backward gives a beautiful view of Clinton. Here are 
located the great estates of the Thayer family and their 
splendid stock farms. Before entering the town, the 
car leaves the public highway and runs over private 
property, a lease of which was given for ninety-nine 
years in order that the cars might not pass directly in 
front of the fine residence of Mr. Eugene V. R. Thayer. 
As the highway is entered once more the old Thayer 
homestead is passed on the left. It is proposed to 
build a branch line of street railway from this place to 
Hudson. Crossing the north branch of the Nashua 
River, the car enters 

LANCASTER CENTRE, passing the Town 
Hall, Public Library, and church on the right, at the 
"north village." A little further on the north branch of 
the Nashua is crossed for the second time, and then the 
car passes the Lancaster Poor Farm on the right, and 
runs through a country of farms. A little further on 
Leominster Park is reached, a great pleasure ground 
on the banks of the Nashua River, maintained by the 
street railway company. Here may be found a bowling 



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alley and dining hall on one side, while across the river 
is a beautiful pine grove, with a rustic theatre, situated 
at the foot of an amphitheatre of rustic seats. After 
leaving" the park a run is made through another pros- 
perous farming country, until 

LEOMINSTER is reached. This is a busy town 
with varied manufactures, important among which are 
those of toys and combs, while around the town on the 
line of the street railway are farms entirely devoted to 
the raising of cucumbers for the markets of Boston 
and New York. 

From Leominster to Fitchburg a choice of routes 
is open to the traveler, to less than three electric rail- 
way lines connecting these two points. The traveler 
may well make the journey to Fitchburg one way, and 
return by another line. Taking the car of the Fitch- 
burg & Leominster Street Railway Co., for Fitchburg 
via North Leom.inster, the car passes over the 
Nashua River and underneath the railroad bridge, 
through the pretty little village. Ascending the hill 
after passing the town, one of the finest views imagina- 
ble is obtained. 

Nowhere in all New P2ngland can a finer farming 
country be s^en than from the hill which is followed all 
the way from Leominster to Fitchburg. One may 
have a view of the pretty town of Leominster, half 
hidden in the trees, to the rear, or the long blue ranges 
of hills and mountains to the left, Wachusett Mountain 
and the Wanoosnucs, or the busy city of Fitchburg 
ahead. A ride of a short distance brings the traveller 
to Whalom Lake and Park, owned and managed by 
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during the summer. It is of great natural beauty, and 
much has been done in displaying the natural charms 
of the place to the best advantage. 

Whalom Lake is a beautiful sheet of water, and 
there is a large fleet of boats for rowing or sailing on its 
placid surface, and across the road from the lake is a 
beds of fragrant, flowering plants. An assembly hall 
and a dining pavilion are among the buildings, while 
on a rustic stage, performances are given in summer 
by competent artists. Merry-go-rounds, rustic seats, 
picnic tables, swings, a band-stand, and other attrac- 
tions of a kindred nature are provided, and in the wild- 
est part of the park is an enclosure where are kept 
deer, elk and moose, which are now so tame as to be 
easily approachable. No higher tribute can be paid 
to the park than the fact that picnic parties return 
there year after year. After leaving the park it is only 
a short ride to the suburbs of 

FITCHBURG, the traveler still having the ad- 
vantage, unusual in entering a large place, of seeing 
charming landscapes on every side. Rollstone Hill, 
seen to the left, is a picturesque feature in the lands- 
cape, and the city itself is seen in panoramic view be- 
fore it is entered, and running between business 
blocks, the car reaches the terminus of this line in 
front of the American House. 

Another line is by South Fitchburg, the car also 
leaving from the square in Leominster, and is the 
most direct between the two places. The route is 
through the little village of South Fitchburg, passing 
the Fitchburg Almshouse and County Jail on the left. 
A ride of thirty minutes from Leominster brings one 



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into Fitchburg, the terminus. This city, with its busy 
manufactures and its wide-awake population, contains 
much that is of interest to the visitor. Several local 
lines of street railway pass out of Fitchburg, one of the 
most interesting rides being that on the line to West 
Fitchburg, which passes by Rollstone Hill, where are 
located the famous Fitchburg granite quarries, and 
from which there are views of wide extent. 



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Up the Mystic Valley. 



FROM Boston a line of cars runs up the beautiful 
valley of the Mystic River, and this is soon to 
be continued from North Woburn, its present 
terminus, through Wilmington and Tewksbury to 
Lowell, passing Silver Lake, near Lowell, one of the 
prettiest little lakes in Eastern Massachusetts. Two 
routes from Boston are offered to the traveler who 
wishes to make this journey along the Mystic River. 
One is by way of Medford, the excursionist taking a 
Medford car at Scollay Square or the North Station, 
and running out through Charlestown and over Win- 
ter Hill, on the route of Paul Revere's historic ride. 
The other is a longer trip, and the passenger takes an 
Arlington car in the Subway or at Scollay Square, on 
the surface. The ride to Arlington is through Cam- 
bridge, the car passing through Harvard Square, with 
the college buildings on the right, and then running 
out Massachusetts Avenue through North Cambridge 
to Arlington. Here a change is made to the car of 
the Arlington & Winchester Street Railway, and the 
line turns to the right, between the hills, and soon the 
beautiful Mystic lakes are seen on the right, before the 
car enters 

WINCHESTER, a pretty town, with many old 
residences, and more of the modern ones, where dwell 



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many Boston business men. On the high hills to the 
east of the town is the Middlesex Fells Reservation, 
which is passed on the other side in another trip to 
Lowell. From Winchester a branch line runs to 



STONEHAM, going through a picturesque 
rural country before reaching this busy shoe manufac- 
turing village. From here cars run to Melrose, Wake- 




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field, Reading and Woburn, Woburn Square being the 
centre for all the car lines entering the city. The Wo- 
burn car from Winchester runs northward, passing 
many pretty bits of scenery along the Mystic River, 
which is but a small stream compared with the swell- 
ing river at its mouth. The car runs past farms and 
market gardens before entering 

^VOBURN, which is noted for its great tanneries 
and leather industries. It also contains much that is 
of historic interest, and has a handsome public Library 



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building, with other than bookish attractions. Going 
from here to North Woburn, one passes, on the left, 
the Baldwin place, where the famous Baldwin apples 
originated, and farther on, as the car enters 

NORTH WOBURN, it goes by the home of 
Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford, the famous 
physicist and philosopher. The house is seen on the 




BIRTHPLACE OF COUNT RUMFORD WITH ITS OLD WELL SWEEP. 

left. From Woburn the car runs across country again 
to Reading, going by houses of the old Colonial style 
and handsome villas of modern architecture. For the 
greater part of the trip the ride is through a pretty 
farming country. The car passes, on the way, the 
famous Walnut Hill Rifle Range, the home of the 
Massachusetts Ritle Association. Entering 

READING, the car goes through the best part 
of the town, where many Boston men live. Within a 
short time an electric car line will be completed from 



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Woburn to Lowell, going directly to Wilmington and 
running by a more direct route than the other one 
mentioned. It will also afford an opportunity to visit 
Silver Lake, where the street railway company will 
establish a pleasure park. The lake is already visited 
by many excursionists from Lowell, and when the 
facilities for reaching ii are increased, it is sure to be 
patronized by thousands of pleasure-seekers, as the 
natural beauties of the place are of the highest order. 



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ONE may ride on the electric cars from Boston 
through Lowell, clear to Nashua, N. H., while 
there is a line running from Lowell down the 
Merrimack Valley to the sea. Taking a Maiden car 
in the Subway or at the North Union Station, where 
it emerges from under ground, the line crosses the 
Charles River and runs through Charlestown, past 
Bunker Hill Monument, on the right, to Sullivan 
Square. Here it turns to the right and runs across 
Mystic Bridge, from which there are fine views of the 
wide mouth of the Mystic River, with Winter Hill 
off on the left. Then the car runs through Everett, 
up hill and down, soon coming into Maiden Square, 

MALDEN, where there is a notable group of 
fine buildings. One of these is the First Baptist 
Church, another the High School and the third the 
brownstone Memorial Building, containing a Public 
Library and an art gallery, the gift of E. S. Converse, 
who also contributed to the erection of the other 
buildings. Changing at Maiden Square to a Melrose 
car, on the Lynn & Boston Street Railway, the way 
leads out of the populated part of the city past Pine 
Banks Park on the right, a pleasure ground open to 
the people of Maiden and Melrose, and another 
monument to the noble philanthropy of Mr. Converse, 

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who here arranged one of the finest private pleasure 
grounds in the country. A little beyond the park, 
on the other side, may be seen the great works of 
the Boston Rubber Shoe Company at the foot of the 
Middlesex Fells Reservation, one of the great state 
parks. Leaving Fells Station, the car enters 

MELROSE, passing the Town Hall and pretty 
Ell Pond. At Melrose Highlands the passenger 
changes to the cars of the Wakefield and Stoneham 
Street Railway. The car runs through the pretty 
little village of Greenwood, with its many market 
gardens, passing the Greenwood School on the right 
and the railroad station on the left. Beyond here is 
Crystal Lake, its banks bordered by attractive resi- 
dences. As the car enters 

WAKEFIELD, the Wakefield Home for Chil- 
dren is passed, on the right, and then, on the same 
side, the great Wakefield Rattan Works, the principal 
industry. From Wakefield cars may be taken to 
Lynn and also to Stoneham, an important shoe man- 
ufacturing town. A line also runs to Peadody pass- 
ing Suntaug Park. Leaving the city, the car runs in 
the direction of Salem to North Saugus, on the route 
to Lynn Woods. Here a turn is made to the left, 
and a short run brings one to Lynnfield, within sight 
of Suntaug Pond, on the shore of which the street 
railway park is located. Before it was improved it 
was popular with picnic parties, on account of its 
clear water and wooded shores, but it has been 
cleaned up and buildings have been erected. There 
is a large bicycle stall at the entrance, and a dining 
hall and dancing pavilion near the centre of the 



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park, while there is a picnic house with tables, and 
a boathouse on the lake, where may be found a 
fleet of rowboats and an electric launch. A free 
open-air theatre is largely patronized and vaude- 
ville performances are given every afternoon and 
evening on week days, with Sunday evening con- 
certs. Bevond the park the line runs through a rural 
country into Peabody, described elsewhere in this 
Guide. At Wakefield a change is made to the cars 
of the Reading & 
Lowell Street Rail- 
way. After pass- 
ing the Town Hall 
and post ofhce, the 
car runs past the 
Common in Wake- 
field, located on 
Lake Ouannapow- 
itt, a beautiful sheet 
of water, dotted 
with yachts and 
other small pleas- 
ure boats. Along the shores of this lake the car 
runs for nearly two miles, turning in and out, and 
affording many delightful views. A run of a mile 
from the lake brings one to Reading Square, in 

READING, from which the standpipe and 
Pumping Station of the waterworks are seen on the 
right. Passing up Lowell Street and by the Reading 
Cemetery, the car goes by the Reading Grammar 
School. Leaving the town, the ride is through rural 
country for some distance, and then the car enters 
the residence district of 




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WILMINGTON, passing the Wilmington Cem- 
etery and the Walker School. Leaving the pretty 
little town, it is a short run into the open country 
again, where the car strikes the towpath of the al- 
most forgotten Middlesex Canal, which connected 
Boston and Lowell by a waterway in the early part 
of the century. The picturesque and grass-grown 
wasteways are seen at intervals. At Silver Street a 
walk to the right brings one to another Silver Lake, 

a popular sum- 
mer resort. Fol- 
lowing the canal 
through the coun- 
try, cattle are seen 
grazing peaceful- 
ly on the tow- 
path, while the 
electric car takes 
one over one of 
the largest cran- 
berry bogs in the 
state, and soon 
comes to the swift 
running Shawsheen River, where the massive gray 
stone piers on the right are all that is left of what 
was once the great double lock of the canal. After 
a ride through fragrant pines and country roads, the 
car goes through East Billerica and then past the 
Billerica Cemetery and after a run through more 
woods reaches an elevation from which, in clear 
weather. Mount Tom and Mount Wachusett in Mas- 
sachusetts and Mount Monadnock in New Hamp- 
shire may be seen, while there is a fine nearer view 
of Lowell and its vicinity. In the little village of 




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BILLERICA, a change is made to the cars of 
the Lowell and Suburban Street Railway, which soon 
pass the Howe School and the residence of Senator 
Joshua B. Holden. The car then runs through more 
fields and forests, with glimpses of the Concord 
River, and past a weather-beaten house marked by a 
tablet as the former home of Asa Pollard, the first 
man to fall at Bunker Hill. Crossing the Concord 
River, and running through North Billerica, with its 
great Talbot Chemical Works, the car goes through 
North Chelmsford and enters 

LOWELL. After passing the Fair Grounds 
and the Butler School, on the right, the car runs on 
Gorham Street, between the handsome new Court 
House and the large Catholic Church. Farther down 
the Street, the car passes the postofftce and Federal 
Building on the left, and runs into Merrimack Square, 
stopping in front of the Runels Building, the terminus 
for all the car lines entering Lowell. 

In going from Lowell to Nashua the line runs 
across the Merrimac River, affording a fine view of 
the great cotton mills, and soon reaches Lakeview 
Park, a popular summer resort, where are many 
attractions for travelers, a spacious pavilion, a 
Zoological garden, a fleet of boats, and a steamer on 
the lake, in addition to the usual park conveniences. 
From the park the line runs through the woods and 
field, past farms and pastures, crossing the river once 
more before entering the New Hampshire city of 
Nashua. 

In addition to the various lines out of the city, 
described elsewhere, there are many pleasant rides 
in the city of Lowell itself. The Pawtucket car takes 



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one through the business district and up the bank 
of the Merrimac ; the Westford Street car takes one 
to Lowell Highlands, from which there is a wide 
view, but the most extensive view can be had by 
taking a Fort Hill Park car running through Belvi- 
dere and the fine residence district to Fort Hill Park, 
from the summit of which there is a view for miles in 
every direction. 



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MOUNTAIN ROCK PARK. LAKEVIEW, 



Down the Merrimac Valley. 



ALONG the route of the electric cars, down the 
Merrimac Valley, the ride is through a country 
made famous by the pen of Whittier, and which 
in addition to natural charms, presents a succession 
of busy cities and towns. l"he start is from Merrimac 
square and Tiridge street, in Lowell, the car running 
between the great cotton mills for which the city is 
world-famous. The view of the mills at dusk, with 
their mile of lighted windows, is a striking one. After 
crossing the river, the car runs along the higii bank, 
after turning to the right, giving a good view of Hunt's 
Falls. 

Across the river is the beautiful residence district 
of Lowell, Belvidere. Passing through Ellsmere, in 
the tovv'n of Dracut, there is a view of Tewksbury, 
over the river, and as the car runs through the little 
hamlet of Kenwood and reaches V^arnum's Landing, 
the Hood Stock Farm is seen on the other side. This 
is a favorite summer resort, and has a little ferry, and a 
steamer line running to Lawrence. The car leaves the 
thoroughfare to run along the river bank over private 
property for eight miles before coming to Glen Forest, 
on the right, a pleasure park for the people of Lowell 
and Lawrence. The wooded shores, smooth waters 

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and pine groves are supplemented by attractions pro- 
vided by the Lowell, Lawrence & Haverhill Street 
Railway Co., which owns the park. The place is es- 
pecially noted for its holiday fireworks displays. It is 
only a short run from here to 




GLEN FOREST. 



LAWRENCE, one of the greatest cotton manu- 
facturing cities in the world. Among its mills one 
alone employs 3600 operatives. A great canal runs 
through the city, the Merrimac River furnishing water 
power by means of a dam a thousand feet long and 
twenty-eight feet fall. Lawrence is a great railway 
centre, with side lines to Methuen, North Andover 
and Andover, in addition to the city lines and the main 
line down the Merrimac Valley. 

The car to Andover starts from the corner of 
Broadway and Essex streets, and passes, on the left, 
the Pacific Mills, and as the river is crossed, affords a 
fine view of the dam. Running through South Law- 



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rence, with its stone-cutting and other industries, the 
state highway is traversed from the Andover Hne, 
through Frye Village and over the Shawshine River 
with its factories. As the car enters 

ANDOVER, it passes the Post Office, Memorial 
Hall, and the Public Library, in Andover Square. 
The town was founded in 1643, ^-"^ passed through 
the terror of Indian warfare and the Salem Witchcraft. 
Yet it has been a place of learning. Beyond the square 
are the buildings and grounds of Abbott Seminary, 
founded in 1829, and on Main street, at No. 147, 
"America" was written. The buildings of Phillips An- 
dover Academy, founded in 1778, are on the right, and 
on the left is the Andover Theological Seminary, 
founded in 1808. Near by is the Mansion House, 
once the home of Harriet Beecher Stowe. 

NORTH ANDOVER is reached by another 
electric line from Lowell, the car crossing the river 
some distance below the dam. Here are the houses 
which were the homes of Anne Bradstreet, the first 
poet of the Merrimac Valley, Moody Bridges of the 
First Provincial Congress, Dr. Thos. Kittredge, and 
six succeeding generations of physicians, and Phillips 
Brooks, Wendell Phillips and Dr. Oliver Wendell 
Holmes. 

METHUEN is on a third line of electric cars 
from Lawrence. The town rises on the hills back of 
Lawrence, and the summit is crowned by the Nevins 
Memorial Library and a Soldiers and Sailors' Monu- 
ment given to the town by C. H. Tenney, whose fine 
estate, "Greycourt," is here. In the First Church is 
LaFarge's masterpiece, "The Resurrection Morning." 



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Resuming the journey down the Merrimac, a 
change is made at the corner of Broadway and Essex 
street, to the Haverhill car, the way leading past the 
Common, the City Hall and Court House on the left 
and through the business district. Crossing the 
Spicket Kiver the car goes through a corner of Me- 
thuen. 

Going through Kenwood Village, the car passes 
the great Russell Celery farm, from which a good view 
is had of Ward Hill in Bradford, on the right. Fol- 
lowing the river, the old red barn on the Bradley 
Farm, once a tavern, is passed, and running past Brad- 
ford Neck and Mitchell's Falls the car enters 

HAVERHILL, reaching the terminus at Wash- 
ington Square. This is the centre for all cars running 
out of the city, for besides the line down the river, there 
are branches to Georgetown and West Newbury, 
which may well be taken up before continuing on the 
main line. Taking a car at the corner of Bridge and 
Merrimac streets, the route is across the Merrimac to 
Ward's Hill, and then into the town of 

BRADFORD, passing the old Bradford Common 
to the right Then the car runs by the old cemetery 
and the Peabody School on the left. In Bradford is an 
academy for girls, occupying a commanding site on a 
hill. Founded in 1803, this institution has been noted 
as a nursery of foreign missionaries and missionaries' 
v/ives. Here, also, is the Dudley Carleton House, used 
for prisoners in the Revolution. From Temple Hill 
there is a fine view of the Merrimac and Haverhill. 
Continuing on, there is a pleasant ride through mead- 
ows into 



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SOUTH GROVELAND, where a road leads 
from Parker's corner to Johnson's Pond. To take 
this ride it is necessary to walk a short distance to the 
little steamer which will take one to the Grove, a great 
pleasure resort, with provision for boating and other 
outdoor sports, concerts and theatrical entertainments. 

From South Groveland the car runs through two 
miles or more of woodland in the centre of which is a 
beautiful little lake called Rock Pond, covered with 
pond lilies, and teeming with pickerel and black bass. 
From this leads a little stream into another lake called 
Pentucket Pond, which may be seen to the left after 
passing the Weston crossing of the Boston & Maine 
Railroad. This lake is surrounded by a beautiful 
growth of pines called Yacht Club Grove, where are a 
pavilion, dancing hall and private picnic grounds. Be- 
yond this comes 

GEORGETOWN, the terminus of the line which 

will be extended south ultimately to connect with 

North Shore lines. This is a manufacturing town, 

making" boots, shoes and carriages. It was one of the 

main stations on the old road from Danvers to New- 

buryport. On the ride from Haverhill down the South 

bank of the river to West Newbury and Newburyport 

the car runs past the old Spiller Garrison house on the 

left, built in 1690, out of bricks brought from England. 

Beyond, on the left, is the old Powder House, built 

in the war of 1 8 1 2 . Then comes the almshouse on the 

right, and then the car passes Riverside Park and goes 

over the river, where the steamer takes on its 

passengers from the opened drawbridge. Going 

into 



196 DERRAH'S STREET RAILWAY GUIDE. 

GROVELAND, the car passes Perry Park on the 
left, and then, on the Merrimac banks, comes to the 
great pleasure ground known as the Pines. Here are 
boats, swings, a dancing hall, pavilion, and an electri- 
cal fountain. Here a change is made to another line 
which runs to 

WEST NEWBURY. Off to the right is 
Brown's Hill, from which may be seen a panorama of 
farms and villages, while the eye may follow the broad 
Merrimac until it is lost in the dim blue of the Atlantic, 
as it runs on into Newburyport, the terminus. 

HAVERHILL, founded in 1640, and now second 
only to Lynn in the manufacture of shoes, is best seen 
by taking the electric line running to Merrimac. 
Boarding the car in Washington Square, the line runs 
through the residence district into Monument Square, 
past the Soldiers' Monument, the Universalist Church 
and the residence of Edward Gale, who gave to the 
city Gale Park, on the right bordering on Lake Salton- 
stall. 

Beyond here the car passes Kenoza Lake, on the 
right, on which is another city park. On the opposite 
side of the park the car passes the Haverhill City Hos- 
pital and the city Pumping Station. Beyond, on the 
left, is Kenoza Trotting Park, and running on, to Co- 
lumbia Heights, the highest point of land in Essex 
County, there is a glorious view of the Merrimac Val- 
ley. 

Leaving the lake on the left of the electric line is 
the homestead where John G. Whittier, the poet, dwelt, 
the original house which is pictured in "Snow Bound," 



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preserved today almost as it was in Whittier's time, by 
the Whittier Memorial Society of Haverhill, It is a 
short ride to Sanders Hill, with a grand view of New 
Hampshire scenery off to the north. Running over 
Tucker's Hill, with another beautiful view, the car 
goes through Main Street into Merrimac Square. 

MERRIMAC. From here there are two lines to 
the sea. Going on to Salisbury Beach the car climbs 




WHITTIER'S BIRTHPLACE. 



Pond Hill, from which the stock farm of E. Moody 
Boynton, inventor of the bicycle railroad, is seen on 
the right, in West Newbury. Halfway down the hill is 
the Thomas Chellis house, built in 1695, and from the 
street railway turnout just beyond a road runs off to 
Lake Attitash, a popular summer resort. Passing the 
castle built by Sir Edward Thornton, on the right, and 
going by the Union Cemetery, where Whittier is 
buried, the line runs into the highlands of 

AMESBURY, the home of the poet from 1840 
until his death. From here a line runs to Scab rook 



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Hampton, Hampton Beach and Exeter, N. H. In 
going to these places it is best to take the cars at 
Market Square in Amesbury. The passenger is car- 
ried along Market street, and a turn to the right 
takes one past the car house of the company. At 
the next turn, which is to the left, the line runs into 
the open country, wnth its well-kept houses and beau- 
tiful farms. Crossing a part of Salisbury, the car 




HARKLR MOUSE, SEABROOi;, 



enters the pretty little village of Seabrook, where the 
line from Newburyport also comes in. Coming into 
the old post road between Newburyport and Exeter, 
one passes, on the left, the old Parker House, a 
famous old road house which is now much fre- 
quented by bicycle riders and trolley excursionists. 
A little beyond here is a neat white house, oh the 
right, where Whittier once lived. Then the car runs 
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ing which a fine view is had of Hampton Beach, off 
to the left over the marshes. As the car enters 

HAMPTON, it passes the General Moulton 
house and the Tappan or Garrison house and 
runs between the giant oaks which furnish shade 
much of the way, into the little square where the 
Whittier Hotel, known in the stage coach days as 
the Union House, is located. This was "the half-way 
house of the stage line from Newburyport to Ports- 
mouth. 

From this point a line runs off to the right to 
Hampton Beach, a ride of some three miles over the 
shore. Hampton Beach is a famous one, and as the 
car enters it, the Great Boar's Head, that curious 
natural formation, and the life-saving station, are 
seen off to the left. The street railway company is 
making an extension to this line, and before the end 
of this summer will run over the extreme end of 
Hampton Beach to Boar's Head, nearly five miles 
along the -.vater's edge. The company is also build- 
ing a large pavilion in which there will be a dancing 
hall, bowling alley, dining room, etc., with a thou- 
sand square feet of verandas on the first and second 
stories. 

From Hampton to Exeter the ride is a pleasant 
one, passing through a prosperous farming country 
with beautiful landscapes on either side. The dis- 
tance is about eight miles, and after going through 
the rural scenery of the New Hampshire seacoast, 
the car enters 

EXETER, in which the inmiense oaks are every- 
where prominent. The car runs to the railroad 



200 DERRAH'S STREET RAILWAY GUIDE; 

station, which is considered the terminus, although 
the Hne makes a circuit of the city. Passing the rail- 
road station, and then going by the famous Phillips 
Exeter Academy, one of the oldest and most im- 
portant of the American preparatory schools ; the 
Town Hall and Public Library and the Court House, 
located on a square, giving one an excellent idea of 
Exeter and its public institutions. 

Amesbury is a great carriage manufacturing town, 
and after passing the Hamilton Mills on the way to 
Salisbury Beach the car goes over carriage Hill, past 
the factories, and by the Friends' Meeting House and 
soon enters 

SALISBURY, where the Passaconaway Indians 
once held great feasts, as is attested by heaps of 
clam shells. The car runs on through East Salis- 
bury to 

SALISBURY BEACH, which, with its six-mile 
strip of sand, offers some of the best bathing on the 
Atlantic Coast. From the broad veranda of the 
Cushing Hotel may be seen the Hampton River and 
the Isle of Shoals. 

From Amesbnry, as well as from Merrimac, elec- 
trics run to Newburyport and Newbury Old Town. 
Taking a car at Market Square, in Amesbury, the 
route passes, on the left, "The Captain's Well." 

Passing through a farming coiuitry, the car goes 
by the brick Old Ladies' Home, on the left, the birth- 
place of Josiah P.artlett. Crossing the Merrimac, the 
car runs along the banks and recrosses on the "Chain 
Bridge," erected in 1792 and replaced in 1810. On 
Deer Island, over which the bridge runs, is the home 



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of Harriett Prescott Spofford. Passing the old ship- 
yards, the car soon runs into 

NEWBURYPORT, at the mouth of the Merri- 
mac, reaching the terminus at Market Square, near 
which was the home of "Goody Morse," convicted of 
witchcraft. On the ride to Newbury Old Town, the 
car taken at the corner of State and Pleasant streets 
passes the Catholic Rurying Ground on the left, Atkin- 
son Common, the Home for Aged Men, the Pillsbury 




CHAIN BRIDGE. 



Place, once the home of Edward Rawson, secretary of 
the Massachusetts Bay Colony for many years, and 
the home of Lord Timothy Dexter. 

In Brown Sciuare, given to the city by Moses 
Brown, in 1802, is the statue of William Lloyd Garri- 
son. The City Hall is across the street. Before turn- 
ing into State street the car passes the meeting house 
of the First Religious Society. The car goes by the 
Public Library, once the Tracy House, the Y. M. C. 
A. building and the Whitefield Congregational 
Church. Turning into High street there is a view of 



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Washington Park, on the right. Along High street 
the car runs into 

NEWBURY OLD TOWN, passing the Ilsley 
Hou.se, bnilt in 1670, and coming to "Trayneing 
Green," on the right. Here camped the soldiers in the 
Quebec Expedition under Benedict Arnold in 1775, 
and beyond on the left may be seen the chimneys of 
the Spencer-Pierce House, also called the Garrison 
House. Newbury Old Town has had many famous 
citizens. The terminus of the line is at Oldtown, a 
pretty summer resort on the Parker River. 




OLD SOUTH CHURCH, NEWBURYPORT 



PLUM ISLAND is reached by another electric 
line from Newburyport. The cars, from Market 
Square, pass a stone post at Middle and Independence 
streets, on which is a bombshell brought from Louis- 
burg. At vSchool street the Old South Church is pass- 
ed, under which is buried the great preacher George 
Whitefield. Next to the church is the house where 
William I-loyd Garrison was born, and it is only a 
short run frou) here over the marshes to Plum Island. 



Through the Lake Region. 



FROM Bridgewater southward a line runs through 
the lake region of Massachusetts to the inter- 
esting city of New Bedford. The route after 
leaving the town of Bridgewater, runs through a 
farming country, with old farmhouses along the way 
and glimpses of meadow, field and forest scenery. 
After crossing Sawmill Brook and the Taunton 
River, the car enters 

TITICUT, where the Massachusetts State Farm 
is one of the principal attractions. There are many 
fine residences in the town, which is a favorite resort 
for sportsmen. Leaving this and running through 
North Middleboro, which is devoted largely to shoe 
manufacture, the car goes on into 

MIDDLEBORO, a prosperous town with varied 
manufactures, an academy, a handsome Town Hall 
and a Public Library building. East of here are the 
great Plymouth Woods, while the journey goes south- 
ward between the great Lakeville Ponds. Soon 
after leaving the town the car comes to 

LAKEVILLE, within sight of Assawompsett 
Pond, which is the largest body of fresh water in the 
state, comprising from six to eight square miles. On 
the shores of this pond Captain Dermer was received 
by the Wampanoag Indian sachems in 1619, and 
here the treacherous Chief Corbitant after re- 
volting against Massasoit in 1 62 1 , siezed the Plymouth 



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envoys, and was punished by an expedition from 
Plymouth under Miles Standish. South of Assa- 
wompsett is Great Quittacus Pond, while on the 
other side of the electric railway, stretching along for 
several miles, is Long Pond. The ponds all abound 
in fish, and the ride along their banks on the electric 
cars is a beautiful one. On the shores of this pond 
the street railway company has established a park, 
which is now in process of improvement. The park 
is surrounded by attractive landscapes, with the 
sandy shores of the lake affording an opportunity for 
fresh water bathing, while there are groves, swings, 
rustic benches, a dining pavilion, merry-go-rounds, 
two band stands, a rustic theatre, a bowling alley, 
and as a special feature, provision for water polo, for 
diving and other aquatic sports, while a fleet of 
boats will be put on the lake. Going on from the 
park the railway runs through another farming coun- 
try, along the Acushnet River and through the 
village of Acushnet coming into 

NEW BEDFORD, a famous old seaport which 
has much of interest to show the visitor. This was 
once the greatest whaling port in the world. This 
was a " nest of privateers " in the revolution, and the 
town was burned by a British force under Clinton in 
1778. The old whaling wharve are well worth a 
visit. There are several electric car rides in New- 
edford, one of the most interesting being that to 

FAIRHAVEN and old Fort Phoenix, situated 
out on the point of land which guards the harbor. 
The ride is a pleasant one, and near the terminus 
passes the splendid grounds and residence of Henry 
H. Rogers, the Standard Oil magnate. 



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MANUFACTURER OF 



Furniture and House 



FINISH 



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Importer of Emg-lisli ami French 

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96 and 98 Washington Street, Boston. 

331 Fifth Avenue, New York. 



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THE SOURCE OF SUPPLY IN NEW ENGLAND 
FOR EVERYTHING ELECTRICAL 



Lighting of Buildings, Fiouses and Streets, 

Driving of Mills, Factories and Shops, 
Operation of Street and Factory Railroads. 



General Slectric Co. 



180 Summer Street^ 

Boston ♦ 



Its Apparatus is the Standard 
of the World. 



The Largest Manufacturers of 



Electric Railway Apparatus, 

Equipment and Supplies 



IN THE WORLD. 



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WESTINQHOUSE 

A few of our Standard Products: 

Railway Generators, Switchboards, Instruments, 
Motors, Rotary Converters, and Transformers 
for long distance work. 

Westinghouse Electric Mfg. Co. 

PITTSBURG, PA., 

And all Principal Cities in the United States 
and Canada. 

Westinghouse Electric Co., Ltd. 

32 Victoria Street, LONDON. 
Th.N.m. WESTINQHOUSE i"au.rant... 



Bar bour-Stock well Co. 

rianufacturers and Selling Agents for the 






Composite 

Brake=Shoe 

Company 



Special Work and Track Material of all kinds 
for Street Railways. 



F ACTORY AND OFFICE : 

No. 205 Broadway, Cambridgeport, flass. 



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Over 400 Miles 

of the 

Overhead Construction 

On Thirty°Four of the Electric Roads included 
in this Guide were built by 

M. K. KENDALL & CO. 

8 Oliver Street, Boston. 

Telephone 3496. 



Che 



Lorain Steel 

Company. 

Successors to the Johnson Company. 

Rails 



Girder, 

Cec and 
Slot 



For Street Railway Construction. 



Steel Works and Mills, - - - - I^orain, Ohio. 
Switch Works and Foundries, - - Johnstown, Pa. 

WRITE FOR ESTIMATES. 



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. Rowley . 



Contains many sights of interest. It was settled in 1638, by a nomadic 
church led l:iy Ezekiel Rogers, who had been the non-conformist 
pastor of a church in Rowley, England. The pastor of the church, 
upon his death in 1650, left his library to Harvard College. The first 
cloth made in x\merica was turned out in the mills erected by these 
immigrants. Today the town is principally noted for the manufacture 
of canoes. Here is located the manufacturing establishment of 

C. B. Mather & Co. 

On Depot Street, 




where are turned out, annually, 
hundreds of 

Canoes and Boats. 



The business is rapidly growing, and the firm has been obliged to 
increase its facilities recently by the addition of a new shop 100 feet 
long, which, with the original establishment, will be devoted exclu- 
sively to the manufacture of boats and canoes, to be sent from here to 
all parts of the world, another triumph of Yankee enterprise and skill. 
An electric line will shortly be in operation from Rowley across the 
Parker River r.nd go past Byfield to Newburyport or to Georgetown 
and Haverhill. 



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SPECIAL WORK 

Proven under the Severest Service in the Tracks of the 

Boston Elevated Railway Company 

to be the LONGEST WEARING SPECIAL WORK NOW MADE. 

I\[amtfdctiireJ only by 

Wm, Wharton^ Jr. ^ Co,^ Inc, 

Woi'ks, 2^ih SL and IVasJiington Ave. 
PhiladelpJiia, Pciin. 



ADDRESS ORDERS AND I:;QV1RIES TO 



Harrington, Robinson & Co. 

272-276 FRANKLIN STREET 

Boston, Mass. 
new england agents. 



Also 

Rails, Splice Bars, Bolts, Spikes, Etc. 

Everything for Street Rnihvay Track nnd 

Overhead Coni^truction. 

We have Complete Stock of Spikes, Track Buhs, Etc. 

The Only Stock in Boston from which deliveries can be made at any 

hour of the day to any wharf, railroad or express. 



The Babcock & Wilcox 
Sectional Boiler. 



Over TWO MILLION Horse Power 
in Operation. 




THE BABCOCK & WILCOX BOILER 

Is made for all services requiring steam either for power or other purposes. It is 
purely a sectional boiler ; therefore, a Safety Boiler, and is built to carry the 
highest pressure of steam with the greatest decree of safety. 

We make the only sectional boiler, made witli all Hydraulic Forged 
Headers and parts. 



THE BABCOCK & WILCOX COMPANY, 



NEW YORK. 



Boston Office : 

8 OLIVER STREET. 



Write for our 
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